Post #4825395 · Elektrine

2026-09-17 03:08 UTC

But, y’know, if the imperialism and genocide is invariant between the options, I’m still gonna vote for the one doing fewer other terrible things 🤷🏼 What’s the worst that could happen if I let the democrats know that not even genocide will cost them the election? What’s the worst that could happen by further entrenching the oligarchic uniparty? Surely the democrats won’t ever put me in the camps! Obviously I’m also going to do everything I can to get to a point where I don’t have an imperialist, genocidal government. Mutual aid, canvassing for leftists in the primaries, political organization, developing community, taking over small municipalities, labor organization, etc. No critique here, glad to see at least one blue dog understands there’s other tools. All of which is gonna be a lot harder now that this side has declared antifascists to be a terrorist organization, and arrests people for pamphlets. As opposed to the other side who also arrested peaceful protesters on bogus charges. Who also beat up protesters. Who also broke up strikes. Who also hounded leftist organisers. The difference is that the media is more critical of it now. People are much more agitated under Trump. Organizing is easier in many ways.

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@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-17 03:31

if I let the democrats know that not even genocide will cost them the election I keep seeing variations on this, and no one has been able to explain to me how that communication vector works. When has that ever worked? They just double down or shift right to try impotently to scoop “moderate Republicans”. If they really are a uniparty, do you think they really care that much about winning or losing anyway? They’re gonna keep supporting genocide no matter how many times they lose. The point isn’t to try to persuade the DNC (by doing literally nothing), the point is to slow the bleeding while we build what comes next. glad to see at least one blue dog understands there’s other tools. Those are the main tools. Voting is the “other” tool. But it’s an easy tool, and it scales well with community organization. Seriously, take over a small municipality. As opposed to the other side who also arrested peaceful protesters on bogus charges. Who also beat up protesters. Who also broke up strikes. Who also hounded leftist organisers Exactly. "Also"s don’t matter when you make the choice. The things that are the same are gonna be the same either way. What matters are the differences, and there are obvious differences. Like labelling “aintifa” a terrorist organization. People are much more agitated under Trump. Organizing is easier in many ways. Of course, on the backs of already marginalized people. I don’t have the stomach to knowingly increase the suffering of others for political gain.

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