The people just get to take part in an electoral circus every few years to pretend like they have a choice. Also keeps the working class divided among two parties and decreases the chances of a revolution for a better system; thus protecting the capitalist ruling class.
Not voting and/or encouraging others not to vote is licking those very boots. Maybe you don’t have much influence, but that doesn’t mean it’s a mature take to completely abdicate whatever influence you have.
This is exactly how they want you to think. It’s disempowering. It’s a kind of fatalistic politics of inevitability that keeps the masses docile and resigned.
What keeps the working class docile and resigned is making them think their bourgeois “democracy” isn’t rigged against them in the first place.
Once someone understands that, they can develop class consciousness and organize to eventually to forcibly change the system to a better one; that has always been the most successful way people have changed their nations for the better.
Bengali liberation war/revolution in 1972 against the prior oppressive US-backed west-Pakistani government.
Cuban revolution in 1959 to overthrow the prior US-backed military dictatorship.
Russian October revolution in 1917 to overthrow the prior tsarist system.
Vietnamese wars/revolutions against the Japanese, French, and the US.
Iranian Islamic revolution in 1979 to overthrow the prior US-backed monarchy.
Yemeni revolution in 2014 to overthrow the prior US and Saudi-backed puppet government.
Etc. etc
Revolutions to overthrow the prior system entirely have always been more successful than trying to change the system from within, cuz they’re usually designed to prevent that from being possible to begin with. And all these revolutions have indeed successfully drastically improved people’s lives in their respective nations, though alot of them are currently heavily sanctioned or outright attacked by the countries that ruled them.
Also interesting how most of these oppressive system were US-backed; no wonder then that US media tries to portray their current governments as negatively as possible lol.
Nothing like the good ole “vote for my guy or else” messaging every 4 years to really drive up voter turnout for first time voters and disenfranchised/marginalized communities.
Today I opened the fridge and two options presented to me was a piece of moldy bread and leftovers that I didn’t particularly fancy. I decided that the only logical option would be to punch myself in the nuts as hard as I can. I will not do anything esle and tomorrow I will open the fridge again hoping something will miraculously change.
Your logical option would’ve been to prepare to go out and buy something else. i.e join a leftist org with the goal of increasing the movement to eventually overthrow the current fucked up system like many nations have done (see below) and try to convince your friends and family to do the same.
And if you’re comparing funding an ongoing genocide with leftovers… Idk what to tell you tbh
Suggesting that bourgeois “democracy” is democratic in the first place lmao. The only ones who have a say in how this poorly veiled oligarchy is run are the ruling class of capitalists. That’s what this system was designed to do in the first place after all.
The people just get to take part in an electoral circus every few years to pretend like they have a choice. Also keeps the working class divided among two parties and decreases the chances of a revolution for a better system; thus protecting the capitalist ruling class.
Not voting and/or encouraging others not to vote is licking those very boots. Maybe you don’t have much influence, but that doesn’t mean it’s a mature take to completely abdicate whatever influence you have.
This is exactly how they want you to think. It’s disempowering. It’s a kind of fatalistic politics of inevitability that keeps the masses docile and resigned.
What keeps the working class docile and resigned is making them think their bourgeois “democracy” isn’t rigged against them in the first place.
Once someone understands that, they can develop class consciousness and organize to eventually to forcibly change the system to a better one; that has always been the most successful way people have changed their nations for the better.
Do you have an example of that forcibly changing society to the better stuff? Preferable one that was later than French revolution.
Bengali liberation war/revolution in 1972 against the prior oppressive US-backed west-Pakistani government.
Cuban revolution in 1959 to overthrow the prior US-backed military dictatorship.
Russian October revolution in 1917 to overthrow the prior tsarist system.
Vietnamese wars/revolutions against the Japanese, French, and the US.
Iranian Islamic revolution in 1979 to overthrow the prior US-backed monarchy.
Yemeni revolution in 2014 to overthrow the prior US and Saudi-backed puppet government.
Etc. etc
Revolutions to overthrow the prior system entirely have always been more successful than trying to change the system from within, cuz they’re usually designed to prevent that from being possible to begin with. And all these revolutions have indeed successfully drastically improved people’s lives in their respective nations, though alot of them are currently heavily sanctioned or outright attacked by the countries that ruled them.
Also interesting how most of these oppressive system were US-backed; no wonder then that US media tries to portray their current governments as negatively as possible lol.
Nothing like the good ole “vote for my guy or else” messaging every 4 years to really drive up voter turnout for first time voters and disenfranchised/marginalized communities.
Today I opened the fridge and two options presented to me was a piece of moldy bread and leftovers that I didn’t particularly fancy. I decided that the only logical option would be to punch myself in the nuts as hard as I can. I will not do anything esle and tomorrow I will open the fridge again hoping something will miraculously change.
Your logical option would’ve been to prepare to go out and buy something else. i.e join a leftist org with the goal of increasing the movement to eventually overthrow the current fucked up system like many nations have done (see below) and try to convince your friends and family to do the same.
And if you’re comparing funding an ongoing genocide with leftovers… Idk what to tell you tbh