Don’t you realize that someone will win the election no matter what you do?!

EDIT New history revisionism just dropped in the comments

  • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Is this an actual anarcho-Bidenist in the wild?

    This almost sounds like a fed post. But they’re not even saying they’re an anarchist nor do any praxis, I think they’re literally just a confused lib. They just said they’re in the “Leftist community” because they’re in a discord chat with other people who do praxis and one of whom identifies as an anarchist, and now think they’re a Leftist by extension.

    I would love to read that discord because I’m going to guess that everyone hates them in that group. I imagine they are all talking about how to set up real systems of mutual aid and this person logs on and is like “ackshually, guys, we just need to pokemon go vote” and explains why voting for the lesser evil is the most important thing we can do and that we just need to come to terms with participating in the system we’re dealt with to survive because the masses will never develop political consciousness and there is no hope of revolution while everyone just wishes they would shut the fuck up.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialOP
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      3 months ago

      Yea, I definitely read the first couple paragraphs as them building their progressive bona-fides: ‘trust me guys, i know my shit’. Not that mutual aid and community building aren’t great and worthwhile endeavors, but they aren’t the direct-action political activism implied by the pick-the-lesser-evil conclusion.

      And then there’s the ‘please vote’ framing of the lemmy repost, which is a much more black-and-white ‘principled leftists say you should vote’ suggestion.