How can voting be a necessary condition to fight for a more equitable world when anything worth voting on has been removed from the conversation?
Tell me; who do I vote for to end U.S. support for the genocide of Palestine, or even to just stop obstructing other nations efforts to end it?
Who do I vote for to break the backs of the absurd technology and media monopolists that dictate the direction our nation develops?
Who do I vote for to fix the corrupt electoral system?
Who do I vote for to shut down the barely concealed conservative conspiracy to outlaw queer people?
Who do I vote for to stop our brutal immigration practices?
Who do I vote for to end our brutal and full on punitive 'justice' system?
Who do I vote for to take climate change seriously?
Who do I vote for to free Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the rest of America's imperialist holdings?
Who do I vote for to start the process of land back? Or reparations?
Yeah, please just let me know who I should vote for to address the endless deluge of obvious problems caused by capitalism. It might help.
Oh, and how many of these voting cycles do we have to go through before anyone we voted for in the interest of change actually manages to effect change? Because a lot, A LOT, of these problems are not going to wait for us to gradually bring about a solution through our farcical political system which is defined by it's inability to respond quickly or appropriately to anything, unless it's simply reacting. You know, like a reactionary government would.
No. I can't see that voting matters at all. Nothing we need a resolution for is even on the table. Our politicians and pundits are baffled by the idea that anyone would even want to vote based on issues, and not something asinine like 'party loyalty' or 'which candidate seems stronger.' I'm not interested. It's too late for this system to both get itself in order and also act effectively toward solving the innumerable problems it fosters. It won't even acknowledge that most of these are problems, let alone that they're problems caused by this system, which could be solved with a little thought and effort.
But go ahead. Vote for Joe Biden. And then Kamala Harris. And so on. I guess we'll eventually get to A.O.C. right? She'll definitely fix things when she's the president! Yep, all we need is five or six cycles of Blue presidents, with Blue Congresses, and Blue Senates! Just uh... I don't know, wait until then. Wait between 16 and 24 years or so, and maybe somebody will finally be willing and able to address minimum wage! I'm sure by 2050 it'll be at least 10.00 federally. Sure!
Say, who do I vote for to install a system of accountability into the government, anyway?
But this is exactly what I mean when I say 'there's no ethical voting under Capitalism.' It doesn't matter who you vote for, you're voting against your own interests, and the interests of everyone else on Earth.
and would not think twice before destroying your families by oversight or acceptable losses deemed to not cost enough unrest to be worth preventing
democrat mayors were among the most vicious of the uprisings. they are all killers and all committing conspiracy to genocide by participating in the processes of domination. democracy is a fig leaf on a surreal murder scene.
if the vote is uncomfortable for the current agenda, do you really trust those people who are already organizing and commanding the murder, worldwide to be like "ah yes we respect the public will to not desecrate basic human rights?" they fudge the votes with inconsistencies that never get fully resolved or investigated or just flat out ignore us.
the fact that people have not been fighting and killing in the streets about leaky, treacherous voting computers means that democracy is a pure fantasy inside the evil empire.