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@eldavi@lemmy.ml

2026-10-06 00:51 UTC

Ah yes, more “don’t bother voting” propaganda. the heart of the issue seems to be the legitimacy that voting gives to a system – participate if you chose do, just do so w the awareness of the fact your participation was more beneficial to the status quo than it was to you. and, yes, you do need to do more than just vote; but if you lack an understanding of why your increased participate is now necessary you’ll be treading water at best – like the democrats. there have been people who’ve been in this situation before and wrote down what they did with the benefit hindsight included – if you look at their stuff you’ll find out what you need to do beyond voting.

Replies (4)

  • @Lydia_K@lemmy.world 2026-10-06 01:00

    Pushing “don’t even bother trying” is just supporting the fascists.

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  • @Zexks@lemmy.world 2026-10-06 01:58

    So your all proposing we purge every other year. Thats ypur best idea

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  • @agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-06 02:45

    The system gets legitimacy from the 150 million people who vote. A tiny minority of leftists refusing to participate does not delegitimize the system one iota. As a cis hetero white man, honestly my vote either way doesn’t affect me all that much, other than maybe being thrown in jail for leftist organizing. But it also doesn’t really affect the status quo either. I vote to benefit the people who would suffer under one choice more than the other: people of color, women, the LGBTQ community, immigrants, etc. And yes, obviously we need to build an alternative where no one suffers, but that takes time. Personally, I prefer to at least attempt to minimize the suffering of others during that time. Accelerationism is sociopathy.

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  • @zbyte64@awful.systems 2026-10-06 01:24

    The system is “self-legitimazing” regardless of how many people choose not to vote. Consider the current president didn’t even get the majority of votes. Instead of buying into the liberal myth that voting creates legitimacy, look at voting as choosing which boss you are going to fight.

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