• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
      4·
      3 days ago

      Capitalism is a sinking ship, agreed. The problem is that you cannot fix the holes in the ship, you might plug your finger in a hole but at most it will slow down the collapse. The necessity remains: we need socialism, and socialism requires revolution, which requires building up a revolutionary party. Participating in elections is a way to get eyes on the party and highlight the weaknesses of bourgeois democracy.

    • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
      17·
      4 days ago

      The voters aren’t showing up for your stupid ass, either.

      I guess you have nothing to worry about, then.

      Start pointing out who the corporate shills are and support the few democrats who aren’t corporate shills.

      We do point out who the worst Democrats are, but obviously, when possible, we’re going to support our own candidates instead of the least bad Democrats.

      • echo@lemmy.todayBanned from community
        18·
        4 days ago

        we’re going to support our own candidates instead of the least bad Democrats.

        If they are truly a bad democrat, then I get it. If they aren’t just awful, though, you’re just pissing in the wind. It sucks, but we really have no choice, at this time, except to try to force a ratchet back to the left and so so long enough that we can then facilitate even more meaningful change that makes 3rd parties and competition for votes a real thing.

          • echo@lemmy.todayBanned from community
            18·
            3 days ago

            Maybe some differences, but we’re probably not that far off from each other.

            • DudleyMason@lemmy.ml
              12·
              3 days ago

              You’re advocating for co-signing on a genocide to make domestic issues easier to manage. You definitely have a different definition of “bad” than most people in this thread.