It fucking mystifies me that people will condemn the dems for never voting for progressives in primaries, and then just never turn out to the primaries themselves.
Primary turnout is consistently pathetic and an abject condemnation of the wannabe revolutionaries who speak with fire then act with all the likewise energy of cosmic background radiation.
He’s one of the leftmost politicians in the entire country. And the electorate itself is not exactly ready to sing the Internationale. So you’re here removed for what?
“Voting for the more left of the two parties won’t move them left!”
“Okay, vote for the leftmost candidate in the primaries.”
“None of them were pure enough for me.”
“Bernie is one of the leftmost figures in the entire country.”
“Well, I did vote for him.”
???
Did you vote for him expecting a Sanders victory wouldn’t move the party left? Were you just having fun filling out your ballot?
I don’t think electoralism is enough to overturn the system no. I’ll participate in it insofar as filling out a bubble takes almost no effort. Don’t expect me to be enthusiastic about it.
We can change the Dems and push them towards actually being good by just uncritically voting for them every election I see no flaw in this plan.
Not to mention showing up for the primaries too.
It fucking mystifies me that people will condemn the dems for never voting for progressives in primaries, and then just never turn out to the primaries themselves.
Primary turnout is consistently pathetic and an abject condemnation of the wannabe revolutionaries who speak with fire then act with all the likewise energy of cosmic background radiation.
“I don’t understand what a primary is”, the voter.
Let me check who I could’ve voted for Dem presidential candidate this year in the primaries. Here’s the list:
Oh I should’ve voted in 2020? I could’ve chose between:
“Bernie Sanders isn’t pure enough for me” Jesus fucking Christ.
Like, how left do you think the electorate in this country is, exactly?
If it makes you feel any better I did vote for him in the primaries.
He’s one of the leftmost politicians in the entire country. And the electorate itself is not exactly ready to sing the Internationale. So you’re here removed for what?
“Voting for the more left of the two parties won’t move them left!”
“Okay, vote for the leftmost candidate in the primaries.”
“None of them were pure enough for me.”
“Bernie is one of the leftmost figures in the entire country.”
“Well, I did vote for him.”
???
Did you vote for him expecting a Sanders victory wouldn’t move the party left? Were you just having fun filling out your ballot?
Fuck’s sake.
I don’t think electoralism is enough to overturn the system no. I’ll participate in it insofar as filling out a bubble takes almost no effort. Don’t expect me to be enthusiastic about it.
Moving the system left is not the same as overturning it. A leaning structure is easier to topple in a direction than an upright one.
Moving the system left and accepting that the system isn’t going to be simply voted into oblivion are not mutually exclusive.
Best to wait until the opposition isn’t someone who will straight up take away your ability to vote in the first place.
I’ll be waiting here on this bench