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American leftists do you vote? Why or why not? And if yes, for who and why? (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

the gloomy lesson I learned from watching liberals is that bourgeois elections in some way defile the voter, and in the course of time, deform her conscience

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What do you mean by “deform her conscience”?

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I mean the voter acquiesces to morally align herself with a system that produces atrocities. The content of the ballot does not matter.

    e: ... that is to say that voting legitimizes the bourgeois state and authorizes its predation, hence the voter is culpable, and thus tainted

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