• Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Engaging in politics? Pointless.

    Obviously the solution is to constantly talk about the necessity of violent action while never actually committing any acts of violence.

    • RiverRock@lemmy.ml
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      12 hours ago

      Voting in US elections is engaging in politics in the same way that playing with the big steering wheel at the playground is driving

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        17 hours ago

        It’s just too bad that people are only capable of one form of political engagement at a time. There’s no way that someone could try to organize in their community and fill out a ballot a few times a year.

        And really, why would you? Things will be exactly the same no matter who is in power as long as they aren’t 100% aligned with your views.

        Nah, best to mock anyone who chooses coalition building over ideological purity and stick to the plan of having a tiny fraction of the population lead a revolution… eventually.

        • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          18 minutes ago

          Why does it feel like people like you are a product of a propaganda mill than anyone with any original thoughts.

          Same talking points over and over and over for decades that lead to Trump getting elected, but nothing changed.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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          16 hours ago

          Nice straw man, nowhere did I say anything about doing only one form of political engagement at a time. In fact, that’s precisely what I was deriding in my comment.

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            16 hours ago

            And I had said nothing about voting at all, let alone suggesting that people should vote and do nothing else. Maybe I confused you for the straw man because you were still covered in the stuff from fighting a straw man of your own.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      20 hours ago

      The prerequisite to successful revolution is building up a revolutionary party. Doing violence with no aim is just adventurism and helps nothing.