• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      I’m a leftist, not a Democrat. Electoralism cannot work, read “Reform or Revolution.” Electoralism is purely harm reduction, and allowing harm to accelerate is privledged.

      If you want leftist movement, then join an org and advocate at the grassroots level, organize, unionize, and win local elections. Voting third party to virtue signal your LARP instead of touching grass and actually doing something is a great way to lose support of the Proletariat.

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          10 months ago

          Ask yourself. Bernie is verified proof that electoralism is bullshit.

          Read theory and stop LARPing.

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              You’re supporting genocide. Do you legitimately think the best way to stop genocide is to spoiler your vote so you can virtue signal while someone who has only demonstrated themselves to be far more militant the last time they were in power comes back into power?

              Again, read theory, otherwise I’m just going to assume you’re either a bot or a fed. You openly support electing Trump and escalating the genocide of Palestinians just so you can virtue signal, it’s a betrayal of the international Proletariat.

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                  Israel is absolutely conducting genocide and Biden is absolutely bankrolling it, yes. Trump would at minimum maintain that status quo and has not indicated he wouldn’t.

                  Let’s follow your theory-less LARP to completion. You valiantly spoil your vote and vote third party, for a middling demsoc with a shady past. What next? Do you think Trump isn’t going to absolutely dumpster Biden if every single leftist in America votes third party?

                  Trump takes office, and maintains America’s genocidal campaign. But hey! At least you can say you voted third party, amiright? No moral responsibility here! You washed your hands proudly as Trump doubles down the ethnic cleansing campaign to wipe Gaza off the map.

                  You’ve also said grassroots movements won’t do anything either, so you’re anti-grass touching and clearly can’t be counted on to help win local elections or organize unions on the ground, you know, actual leftist movements that stand a chance of moving America to the left and winning local battles.

                  Is your end game to just Stan Trump, or is it to pretend you’re not morally responsible for Trump genociding Palestinians? Either way, you’re certainly not a leftist, because you advocate against leftism.

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                    Israel commits genocide because they believe the end justifies the means.

                    If the means are a geriatric old man going senile I’m fine with it.

                    If the means are genocide then that’s where a line must be drawn.