Which is exactly why I keep telling anyone who will listen that things are already extrmely dire in the USA.
As soon as it was obvious they were going to defend the shootings, that’s the moment I knew it was all over. No election will turn back the clock. And if anyone thinks so, let’s find a way to bet on it. My $1,000 to your $200 I’m right.
Voting does matter to build legitimacy for change (or undermine legitimacy of the corrupt), but it’s not the entire solution.
It’s an important step to cement the changes, once they have been achieved, by establishing and communicating public support. We shouldn’t underestimate the psychological and social value for the people who work to bring about that change: they need to see and feel that their efforts resonate with others.
However, I agree that it will not achieve that change on its own. There’s a circular problem, in that the courage to fight for it (whether violently or nonviolently, it is a battle of will and disruption of corrupt systems) is more easily gathered if there is public support, but the extent of that support is hard to see before the fight has started.
Unless and until enough people are willing to take the leap of faith to lead and participate in organised resistance, voting is the only realistic option for the majority. My faint hope is that the results will signal enough support to get the ball rolling, because honestly, I’m not sure how else to motivate people.
The way primaries have seen some conservative dems supplanted by more progressive ones, there is some hope that the DNCs fuckery will make the previously covert corruption visible and build support for resistance. Maybe it will encourage some action at least.
Which is exactly why I keep telling anyone who will listen that things are already extrmely dire in the USA.
As soon as it was obvious they were going to defend the shootings, that’s the moment I knew it was all over. No election will turn back the clock. And if anyone thinks so, let’s find a way to bet on it. My $1,000 to your $200 I’m right.
I’m pretty sure if Germany is anything to go by, it could be raining bombs from the sky and the people would still think that voting matters.
Voting does matter to build legitimacy for change (or undermine legitimacy of the corrupt), but it’s not the entire solution.
It’s an important step to cement the changes, once they have been achieved, by establishing and communicating public support. We shouldn’t underestimate the psychological and social value for the people who work to bring about that change: they need to see and feel that their efforts resonate with others.
However, I agree that it will not achieve that change on its own. There’s a circular problem, in that the courage to fight for it (whether violently or nonviolently, it is a battle of will and disruption of corrupt systems) is more easily gathered if there is public support, but the extent of that support is hard to see before the fight has started.
Unless and until enough people are willing to take the leap of faith to lead and participate in organised resistance, voting is the only realistic option for the majority. My faint hope is that the results will signal enough support to get the ball rolling, because honestly, I’m not sure how else to motivate people.
Why would anyone just give you $200 like that?
Quiet, you. You’ll scare them off.
Maybe after November, people will at least stop pretending things will change after the election
the promise of reform make liberals foam from the mouth, i don’t think that’s gonna change.
The way primaries have seen some conservative dems supplanted by more progressive ones, there is some hope that the DNCs fuckery will make the previously covert corruption visible and build support for resistance. Maybe it will encourage some action at least.