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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 27 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Multiple things can be true at once.

  • The election process in the US is horribly constructed in the first place
  • It’s executed even more poorly
  • Nevertheless, voting does determine who sits in the seat
  • It does matter who sits in the seat
  • The person who sits in the seat will represent the wealthy and powerful, not you
  • It does matter who represents the powerful, because they can be pushed (by the people, and by the powerful) in different ways
  • Even if we get the right person in the seat, and do a very good job of pushing them, it won’t be enough
  • We need to do it anyway, because that act of organizing isn’t only to influence politicians — it’s also to influence ourselves, and improve our ability to find a path to real victory

Don’t think that voting alone is sufficient. Don’t think that voting and organizing are sufficient. But also don’t think that voting and organizing are not necessary.

[–] taygaloocat@leminal.space 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

How long should people participate in a broken system? 50 more years? 100?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago

That's important point. While the revolution should come from the inside, planet simply don't have so much time to suffer the omnicidal empire.