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What do you tell your “left-leaning” neoliberal friends when they guilt-trip you into voting for their candidates (lemmygrad.ml)

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In every election “left-leaning” neoliberals always try to guilt-trip Marxists into voting for their candidates with the usual schpiel: “Your party doesn't have enough votes to win. You are just letting conservatives win”. What do you tell these people?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty jaded about the whole thing so anymore I just vote for Not the Republican when it comes down to it.

After talking to a few people in the Dem party, I think the writing is in the wall that they don't wanna move left. Their "only goal is to win election" as one member put it. And they think that is to keep pushing old white dudes and show some pride flags in June.

I'm gonna be slowly removing myself from the Dems anyway. I'm a sitting member of my local club and they just don't wanna do anything. They keep asking how to get more young people involved and I keep telling them the young people are either socialist or alt-right. They aren't gonna maintain a base unless they move left.

I sent my app in to join the Marxist Unity Group this morning. And I'm reaching out to the local DSA chapter to see if they are dead and will gauge the possibility of reviving it. Anyone in this space in the Panhandle looking to get involved maybe reach out?

TL:Dr; I vote for the old white guy with the blue on his sign because I'd be throwing my vote away regardless.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

By voting Democrat you are not just "throwing your vote away", you are actively enabling warmongering and imperialism. It's called the corporate uniparty for a reason, whichever you vote for you are still screwing over the working class. Stop falling for their scam.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why does it matter if someone decides to use their vote if it’s not a major inconvenience for them to do so? By that logic, inaction is also screwing over the working class.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I think I kinda agree with both of you on this. I def knew what I was voting for when I voted for Biden. Not happy at all but it wasn't Trump. I'm in a deep red state "that is turning purple any day now" but that doesn't really make good options for us comrades in any case. I think to clarify, I am throwing my vote away regardless of if I vote blue, red or 3rd party because that is our current system. 3rd party really isn't feasible right now but we'll see if the younger millennials and gen Zerrers keep pushing left(which I hope they do).