cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15032962

Alt text: a screenshot of a microblog post with the text “you walking down an alleyway with a gram of weed in your pocket, who would you rather catch you?” Below are two pictures side by side. One of Kamala Harris and the other of Batman.

  • agamemnonymousEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I reject the notion that voting for the “least worst” figurehead has any impact on the decisions already made by those in power.

    This is abject paranoia, and observably false. Yes of course a lot of policy is captured by capital, but not all. There is a wide range of actual variance between candidates. If there wasn’t any difference and they were all on the same team, they wouldn’t spend so much money trying to get you to pick them.

    IMO, the “marginal benefit” of voting against an autocrat (1) does not actually exist and (2) debating its existence clogs up radical spaces and time

    I reject this opinion on both counts. It’s an extremely privileged worldview.

    taking this time and space from doing actually important stuff.

    Like what, exactly?