@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months agoVoting for the lesser evil is still evilfeddit.ukimagemessage-square298fedilinkarrow-up1667arrow-down1184cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1483arrow-down1imageVoting for the lesser evil is still evilfeddit.uk@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months agomessage-square298fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaredeaf_fishlinkfedilink1•4 months agoAt the end, yes, both outcomes are the same unless organization is successful. Why make organizing any harder than it needs to be?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•4 months agoI think I have a rock that keeps tigers away to sell you
minus-squaredeaf_fishlinkfedilink2•4 months agoI am confused by your reply. What is the “rock” I am buying?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•4 months 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_fishlinkfedilink2•4 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•4 months agoYou’re “buying” that elections make organizing easier. Just like Homer is buying that a rock can keep tigers away.
minus-squaredeaf_fishlinkfedilink2•4 months 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•4 months agoI don’t know how to explain to you that the issues we’re facing are systemic and don’t depend on the “right” individual being a leader.
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.
I don’t know how to explain to you that the issues we’re facing are systemic and don’t depend on the “right” individual being a leader.