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No one who claims that not voting is a radical has ever given me a reason how it's supposed work.

The only benefit of not voting is that talking about it makes centrist liberals *super* annoyed, and although this is very amusing, it's still not really doing anything.

Worse? Whoever posted this meme *isn't* throwing any bricks at cop cars. (There is a good chance they aren't even leftists but rather right wingers who would find *you* having a criminal record very convenient.)
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myrmepropagandist 2y ago

It is possible and easy to recognize the limitations and insufficiency of electoral politics and still use voting as one action among many to facilitate change.

Listen to what black people and queer people are saying.

I roll my eyes when the *only* response people have to injustice is "Vote!1!" I roll my eyes more at the idea that not voting is some big brain 5D chess radical move that lets you operate outside the system.

Use every lever of power you can reach. Every single one.

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benni 2y ago

nostr:npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 would you say this also apply to voting for candidates which have no real chance at winning, too? like third party candidates in the us or small parties have no chance to get over the 5% hurdle in germany?