I know it sounds like I’m feeding into some Doomer vibe, or like I’m giving up. I’m not, I will absolutely continue going to food drives and joining the occasional protest if I can, but my serious question I’ve been kinda struggling with is whether registration for voting is even worth it? I mean in my area there aren’t really 3rd parties, just a bunch of Jackass Democrats and Greedy Republicans yelling about how they’re more American. I suppose there are some referendums, but nothing that really helps people especially. I remember in 2016(I was a lib) I had told a friend that not voting creates a more dangerous situation for POC and LGBTQIA people that we know personally. The fucked up thing about what I said is that it kinda ignores the sad reality that Democrats often toss aside these groups as sacrifices for a few more votes. So Idk how to proceed. My potential vote for a Dem governor will make me feel worse than when I voted for Biden bc I know better. I can tell myself that I genuinely didn’t know better when I voted for Biden, I was a Dem who was willing to do anything to beat the Far Right, and I got what I wanted, just not what I expected. Sorry for the long Body Text, but as a USA comrade in a strongly Blue State, is voting worth anything? Thank you.

  • @Beat_da_Rich
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    National elections? The only reason to participate is if an actual socialist is on the ballot because your vote actually does help increase their reach. Or hell, an anti-imperialist even. They don’t even have to be explicitly socialist.

    Local elections matter more. I try to stay informed and vote for seats in my community. I don’t want some batshit fundamentalist as the superintendent of the local school district.

    • ButtigiegMineralMapOP
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      Yes, I generally kinda agree with that sentiment, in America Besieged by Parenti(pretty sure, may have been Blackshirts and Reds) he mentions that a party that reaches a threshold of enough votes receives more funding by the government, so I may do this to vote for a PSL candidate. I guess for now I should look more into my local politics before I feel like registering.

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    • QueerCommie
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      22 years ago

      Make sure the non-socialist “anti-imperialist” isn’t just some fascist going “war bad bc Biden, if trump then war good)