Okay, I read it. I agree with it all, and sure, perhaps the ability to change the Democratic party from the ground up is a bit fantastical. However, this does not contradict my main point, which is that by not voting, you voted for more genocide than by voting left. Even if you believe that, fundamentally, the only way to achieve change is by revolution, that doesn’t contradict my point. Not voting is not a form of revolution. As is laid out by the pamphlet, Revolution needs to come from outside the system, but that doesn’t mean you can just wash your hands from the consequences of your actions. Revolution doesn’t happen over night. I think everyone should be doing what they can to contribute to a revolution, but not voting does not do that. As people try and organize a revolution outside of the system, they should still use the systems in place to prevent as much tragedy in the meantime as they have power to do so, and by pretending you can ignore the system, you are actively contributing to worse tragedy then by partaking.
You’re going to have to make a real argument to defend your stance, calling me stupid and quoting an entire pamphlet isn’t really proving what you are trying to argue.
This is such a bizzare dissonance that I don’t know how I can help you.
You’re happy to admit you voted for genocide, ostensibly read an essay about the contradictions of liberal electoral politics, but still come to the same conclusion that voting for a party in the US is important.
Only one of us voted for genocide. Stop lying to yourself.
Read Reform or Revolution. You’re clueless but you don’t need to stay so.
Okay, I read it. I agree with it all, and sure, perhaps the ability to change the Democratic party from the ground up is a bit fantastical. However, this does not contradict my main point, which is that by not voting, you voted for more genocide than by voting left. Even if you believe that, fundamentally, the only way to achieve change is by revolution, that doesn’t contradict my point. Not voting is not a form of revolution. As is laid out by the pamphlet, Revolution needs to come from outside the system, but that doesn’t mean you can just wash your hands from the consequences of your actions. Revolution doesn’t happen over night. I think everyone should be doing what they can to contribute to a revolution, but not voting does not do that. As people try and organize a revolution outside of the system, they should still use the systems in place to prevent as much tragedy in the meantime as they have power to do so, and by pretending you can ignore the system, you are actively contributing to worse tragedy then by partaking.
You’re going to have to make a real argument to defend your stance, calling me stupid and quoting an entire pamphlet isn’t really proving what you are trying to argue.
This is such a bizzare dissonance that I don’t know how I can help you.
You’re happy to admit you voted for genocide, ostensibly read an essay about the contradictions of liberal electoral politics, but still come to the same conclusion that voting for a party in the US is important.
Only one of us voted for genocide. Stop lying to yourself.