• Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    Lol, “civic duty”.

    I’m not even American, homie. And believe me: even a less underdeveloped democratic system than the US won’t save us from fascism. Direct action and organizing will.

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      3 days ago

      Nothing I said assumed you were American. Your philosophy on voting led to Americans not voting and the situation they face right now (which effects other countries too, you know!)

      Furthermore, no one here believes you give half a shit about direct action and organising because if you can’t even motivate yourself to get off the couch and write on a piece of paper once every 3-4 years then there’s no way you’re doing anything meaningful the rest of the time besides spreading apathy on online echo chambers.

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        3 days ago

        Nothing I said assumed you were American.

        I beg to differ. Your last paragraph especially.

        Your philosophy on voting led to Americans not voting and the situation they face right now

        [Citation needed]

        Furthermore, no one here believes you give half a shit about direct action and organising

        Good thing I don’t depend on what strangers on the internet believe of me.

        because if you can’t even motivate yourself to get off the couch and write on a piece of paper once every 3-4 years then there’s no way you’re doing anything meaningful the rest of the time besides spreading apathy on online echo chambers.

        Nothing I said suggests assumed I didn’t vote.

        Also: how does that make sense? I claim that voting is neither necessary nor sufficient for progressive change and you immediately jump to the conclusion that I don’t vote and therefore I can’t be organizing, because voting is somehow important again and I don’t do it, so I can’t be organizing?

        That’s like me saying “watching sports won’t make you healthy. Exercise does.” and you claim that I don’t watch sports and since I’m so lazy that I supposedly don’t watch sports, I can’t be exercising.