• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    @[email protected] makes it out like I am saying we should only vote, but note I am not saying that. I am saying that ignoring elections is foolish of us.

    But nobody is saying we should ignore elections. We are saying elections cannot get positive change. This is a massive difference, yet you act like it’s the same.

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      But nobody is saying we should ignore elections

      And yet you put so much effort into telling me why you are not going to help us get the left most candidate possible. You’re the one effectively saying we should ignore elections.

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        No, I’m saying you’re fighting a losing battle by thinking you can get a left candidate through, so the way you treat elections should be to highlight the impossibility of getting a left candidate through so as to encourage actual activism.

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            No one is arguing that we shouldn’t, which is my point. Are you allergic to actually engaging with the points at hand, rather than consistently making them up to argue against?

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                  I feel I am. I have presented my case. You’re the one that wants to be counter productive and making excuses for people to stay home. “There will be opposition”, brov there will be in each case. Just take an evening to vote its a small ask; the fact its too big for you means we cannot count on you for the bigger stuff.

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                    I don’t see why you think lying about my position is doing you any favors, I already told you I voted. The fact that you put such a huge emphasis on voting and arguing for it means you likely cannot be depended on to actually take to the streets and roll up your sleeves.