robinoberg@feddit.uk to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoVoting for the lesser evil is still evilfeddit.ukimagemessage-square296fedilinkarrow-up1568arrow-down1165
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minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·1 month agoYes! Why not vote for the lesser evil to prevent harsher crackdowns than you would otherwise get?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBecause it doesn’t prevent anything.
minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoAt the end, yes, both outcomes are the same unless organization is successful. Why make organizing any harder than it needs to be?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI think I have a rock that keeps tigers away to sell you
minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI am confused by your reply. What is the “rock” I am buying?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·1 month agoDid you watch the video? The rock that keeps tigers away is like voting that makes organizing easier. Politicians react to organized mass movements, rather than elections. You got it backwards.
minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI did watch the video. I agree that mass movements are what is required for change. I don’t understand, what am I buying?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoYou’re “buying” that elections make organizing easier. Just like Homer is buying that a rock can keep tigers away.
minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoHow would having a more evil leader, one who hypothetically locks down freedom of speech and starts arresting people, make organizing easier? Seems like that would make it harder to do.
Yes! Why not vote for the lesser evil to prevent harsher crackdowns than you would otherwise get?
Because it doesn’t prevent anything.
At the end, yes, both outcomes are the same unless organization is successful. Why make organizing any harder than it needs to be?
I think I have a rock that keeps tigers away to sell you
I am confused by your reply. What is the “rock” I am buying?
Did you watch the video? The rock that keeps tigers away is like voting that makes organizing easier.
Politicians react to organized mass movements, rather than elections. You got it backwards.
I did watch the video. I agree that mass movements are what is required for change. I don’t understand, what am I buying?
You’re “buying” that elections make organizing easier. Just like Homer is buying that a rock can keep tigers away.
How would having a more evil leader, one who hypothetically locks down freedom of speech and starts arresting people, make organizing easier?
Seems like that would make it harder to do.