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      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:

      1. Biden (no)
      2. Bernie “Israel has every right to defend itself” Sanders
      3. Bloomberg (lmao)
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        “Bernie Sanders isn’t pure enough for me” Jesus fucking Christ.

        Like, how left do you think the electorate in this country is, exactly?

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            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.

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              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.

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                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.