#electoralism — Public Fediverse posts

Today in "Tankies on .world's PoliticalMemes", Part 1

https://piefed.social/c/meanwhileongrad/p/2030633/today-in-tankies-on-world-s-politicalmemes-part-1

Today in "Tankies on .world's PoliticalMemes", Part 1

Today in "Tankies on .world's PoliticalMemes", Part 1

Today in "Tankies on .world's PoliticalMemes", Part 1

Today in "Tankies on .world's PoliticalMemes", Part 1

https://piefed.social/c/meanwhileongrad/p/2030633/today-in-tankies-on-world-s-politicalmemes-part-1

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1980503/maybe-we-should-participate-in-democracy-known-shitlib-rosa-luxemburg-voted-down-by-the

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1980503/maybe-we-should-participate-in-democracy-known-shitlib-rosa-luxemburg-voted-down-by-the

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1980503/maybe-we-should-participate-in-democracy-known-shitlib-rosa-luxemburg-voted-down-by-the

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1980503/maybe-we-should-participate-in-democracy-known-shitlib-rosa-luxemburg-voted-down-by-the

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1980503/maybe-we-should-participate-in-democracy-known-shitlib-rosa-luxemburg-voted-down-by-the

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

https://piefed.social/c/tankiejerk/p/1980501/maybe-we-should-participate-in-democracy-known-shitlib-rosa-luxemburg-voted-down-by-the

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

"Maybe we should participate in democracy?" - Known Shitlib Rosa Luxemburg (voted down by the KPD)

https://piefed.social/c/tankiejerk/p/1980501/maybe-we-should-participate-in-democracy-known-shitlib-rosa-luxemburg-voted-down-by-the

@ZackPolanski

This is an extreme outlier poll

This wikipedia page tracks an aggregate of polls and updates multiple times a month

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election

#UK #UnitedKiongdom #Electoralism

FlipAnarchy: Insults don't belong in rules

https://multiverse.soulism.net/c/yepowertrippinbastards/p/35311/flipanarchy-insults-don-t-belong-in-rules

@b9AcE @Opticacia

Only direct action will stop the capitalist class banning vpns etc. As I've outlined before we don't live in a democracy, its a facade of a democracy to manufacture consent for "rule of law" when the laws are all decided by capitalists

This is how I think the capitalist class will respond to their favoured party losing power: they will attempt to subvert, corrupt or depose the incoming, or else they will hold the economy hostage until the new power bends the knee.

So if we can't rely on procedural means to stop mass surveillance, then we need to force their hand by making it too costly. Toe every line possible, incite police crackdown costing too much money. When you toe the line the police are in a lose lose situation, they can either do nothing and look weak inspiring more resistance, or they can oppress harder and look tyrannical, costing more money and inspiring more resistance.

#Anarchism #Electoralism #Capitalism #VPN #PSA #Privacy #Democracy #DirectAction #Police

@b9AcE I live in a 2 party system, all 3 of the top parties will be supporting this. Voting 4th or 5th party to oppose this would usually be considered a waste of a vote. But even if a party rejects this, capitalists will push harder, they will hold the economy hostage until they get everything they want. Power doesn't come from holding an office it comes from material forces and the capitalists control all the wealth.

If an elected party gains enough material power to overcome the power of capitalists then we have created totalitarian scaffolding and as an anarchist I don't want that either

(pls ignore the speciesist depictions of pigs being capitalists in this video I don't support that)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYodY6o172A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTwxpTyGUOI

#Anarchism #Electoralism #Voting #Capitalism #Marxism #Censorship #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #VPN #AgeVerification

@flng

You can choose who to vote for but you can't choose who's on the ballot: that is decided by material conditions. Running for office is absurdly expensive, you either have to come from the capitalist class or be funded by the capitalist class

Please don't heed the "capitalists are pigs" depictions in this video I don't agree with that specieisist depiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYodY6o172A

#Capitalism #Electoralism

@flng

The people don't do the legislation, legislation leans towards policies favored by the rich.

The democrats laid the foundation for fascism, they approved the ICE funding, obama ramped up the war on drugs and anti immigration efforts, so much so that he was nicknamed the "deporter in chief".

It is a double act, one side sets them up the other knocks them down and all the while more rights are taken away from the proletariat and more wealth is funneled to the capitalist class.

The centre left party winning every election from now until the end of time is not a workable anti fascist praxis. We need to create conditions such that it is impossible for fascists to take over, we need to abolish the state.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/government-wealthy-study_n_5154879

#Anarchism #Fascism #Electoralism #Obama #Democrats #Immigration #DHS #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #ICE #ImmigrationCustomsEnforcement #WarOnDrugs #Capitalism

@ahltorp

vote or dont idc about the action itself its usually neglible energy spent just don't let it take away from direct action efforts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0krpsuW5HI

#Anarchism #Electoralism #DirectAction

@ahltorp 100% or 1000% either way it would be a better use of time to organise communities for direct action rather than begging to slow down fascism slightly

#Anarchism #Fascism #Electoralism #DirectAction

@ahltorp

If you think that voting harder prevents fascism then you don't understand fascism.

Fascism is about a collaboration between the political class and the capitalist class, which is why the "left" politicians seem incompetent to prevent fascism: bc robust antifascist measures are too left wing for them and when push comes to shove they'd rather fascism than socialism

Socialism or barbarism

Also the state is fundamentally counter revolutionary, the more powerful it gets at preventing fascism the more powerful it gets at maintaining capitalism and colonialism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTwxpTyGUOI

#Fascism #Socialism #Electoralism

Maybe if every tax paying citizen was given a breakdown of government spending as a percentage of their paid taxes like they do in australia[1] maybe politicians wouldnt be able to lie and misrepresent public spending as much

Oh well I dont support the states existence anyway so in a sense I dont care what they do.

[1]
https://old.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqnwfj4ooad.onion/r/pics/comments/1mw42zv/in_australia_citizens_get_a_yearly_breakdown/

#Anarchism #Tax #Australia #Electoralism

@Geri

The BBC has onion links for those that need to keep their web activity hidden from network administrators and ISPs, its more effective than vpns (vpns are a middle person that can see what you're looking at, no one in the tor network is supposed to see what sites you visit) and tor is free unlike vpns

https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/news/articles/c93w771g14go.amp

#DavidLammy #UnitedKingdom #LabourParty #JuryNullification #DefendOurJuries #Electoralism

@ErikUden While in principle I like your partys organizational principles the best, its still electoralism and material forces will cause capitalists to infiltrate and corrupt your party, remember 100 years ago labour was a party of the labour movement

You're right that changes are fought for on the ground but we cant let the bells and whistles of party organising hamper the movement, mutual aid is not charity, as soon as our movement becomes solely dependant on investment from yourparty we will become party organs. I'm not saying dont take the money because initial set up can take a lot of cash but dont become dependant on it, build dual power directly coops and mutual aid structures of all kinds

#Electoralism #YourParty #UnitedKingdom #Anarchism #DualPower #MutualAid #GreenParty #LabourParty #LabourMovement

Check out our electoral dashboard built in partnership with DSA's National Electoral Commission, reporting from all DSA endorsed candidates for this cycle!

https://2025.electoral.dsausa.org/

#demsocialist #socialism #DSA #electoralism #elections #ElectoralLeft

A Michigan elected official is married to a neo-Nazi. Some constituents have a problem with that.

https://kbin.melroy.org/m/nottheonion@lemmy.world/t/1280678

George Jackson on electoralism

#electoralism #usa #capitalism #imperialism #blackliberation #revolution

Major USA political affiliations explained

#usa #democrats #republicans #centrists #fascism #fascists #electoralism

There's a continuing conflict on the left between those who advocate working within the Democratic Party and those who believe it's a waste of time and resources. Those in the former camp often cite the futility of 3rd Party activity (due to electoral college and other limitations).

Let's take a step back and reassess Duverger's Law & the idea that 3rd parties cannot succeed.

Its truth partially depends on the assumption that (D) & (R) are immutable categories that will exist forever.

This is historically false. There are periodic inflection points every century or so when existing political arrangements become so ossified they simply fail.

Such an inflection point occurred in the pre-Civil-War era as divisions around slavery became too deep to sustain a functioning republic. This allowed the new Republican Party to step in and replace the Whigs.

Another inflection point occurred after the Great Depression. In this case, the Dems were astute enough to seize the issue and run with it - revitalizing and extending its lifespan.

We see that there are two possible responses to a fundamental paradigm shift.

1) Man the citadels and guard against any change in the status quo.

2) Catch the wave and ride the tide sweeping into the future.

The Democrats have chosen the first option, despite considerable internal discontent.

My belief is that the US now confronts another historic inflection - equal in danger to the Civil War and the Great Depression.

In context this presents us with an unexpected opportunity: a realistic chance of defeating the devastating stranglehold of the institutional Dem Party.

This can be achieved by either overthrow or replacement. There are no other options that address the existential nature of the crisis.

Both replacement and takeover are options fraught with danger - actual physical danger.

Sufficient voting in primaries is critical to the replacement strategy, but it wouldn't work as a normal electoral operation. It would require an organized campaign of outside pressure to have even a remote chance. General strikes, withholding party donations, physical occupation of strategic influencers (like TV stations), feet on the ground.

If you're an advocate of revamping the existing Dem Party keep in mind it won't be a gradualist project - the donor class wins that kind of fight every time.

Instead you will need to mount a strong offensive against current leadership. This is fully as difficult as creating a new party ex nihilo.

It also risks damaging the electoral chances of normie dems. I suspect even AOC wouldn't go that route.

#DemocraticParty
#Electoralism
#Reform

"Fewer Americans eligible to vote bothered to do so compared to 2020. Then over 158m voted, this time the vote was down to 143m. The voter turnout of those eligible fell to 58.2% from the high of 65.9% in 2020.
"Around 40% of Americans registered to vote did not do so. And the number of Americans who failed to register rose to 19m from 12m in 2020. So, although Trump got 51% of those who voted, he actually got only 28% support of Americans of voting age."
Michael Roberts: https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2024/11/09/us-election-2024-inflation-immigration-and-identity/

The incumbent parties in developed countries obtain fewer votes than before:

#turnOut #results #elections #electoralism #electionYear #inflation #populism #poverty #complacency #DemocraticParty #USA #Trump #MAGA #DonaldTrump #KamalaHarris #USPol #USPolitics #politics #campaigning #liberals #Democrats #establishment #vote #voting #votes #suffrages

VOTE RICH
or the other rich will win

#ClassWar #ConsentToAbuse #Electoralism #RiggedGame #OpulentClass #Control #PoliticalExclusion #SilencingThePoor

"Le documentaire est connu, malheureusement il est très lissé, tres flous et n'explique pas vrmt bien

C une porte d'entrée mais malheureusement c bcp de cliché d'approximation et de romantisme 😬

En plus le type qui a fait le docus c un fils de, un fils d'anarchistes, pas un anarchiste lui même

Lui c un petit bourgeois qui surfe sur la vie de son père pour faire cool"

- @heyla

Bref, si vous êtes pas encore Anars (mais qui êtes vous? que faites vous et dans quelle etagère? On est en 2024, faut se bouger là!): Regardez Ni dieux Ni maîtres!

🏴🇫🇷🏴 Ni Dieu Ni Maître - une histoire de l'Anarchisme -
Via peertube/antopie VF:

https://video.antopie.org/w/p/rfSecbgF1sxJ1rimqQun6C?playlistPosition=1

🏴🇬🇧🏴No gods No Masters - A history of Anarchism - Documentary (parts 1-3 English with NL/SE subtitles, the rest in the OV French with English subtitles) via archive.org

https://archive.org/details/NoGodsNoMasters2

#NoGodsNoMasters #NoGodsNoMastersAHistoryOfAnarchism #Anarchism #Documentary #Documentaire #Docu #NiDieuxNiMaitres #NiDieuNiMaitreUneHistoireDeLAnarchisme #Anarchisme #Reportage #Histoire #History #Arte #HistoryChannel #Mastodon4Harris #Mastodon5Harris #Elections #Electoralism #Theory #Praxis #Antifa #161 #AFA #AntifascistischeAktion #SiamoTuttiAntifascisti #Anticapitalism #Anticapitalisme #PostLeft #CommunitySelfdefense #CommunitySelfDefence #CommunitySelfdefenceMeansAttack #CommunitySelfdefenseMeansAttack #ActionDirecte #DirectAction #TotalLiberation #TotalLiberationNow #YouthLiberation #Anarchy101 #Anarchism101

@FromTheRostra

Counterpoint: If you don't want to be vote-shamed, don't vote shamefully.

Only a vote for Biden stops Trump.

#USpol #electoralism #coalition #politics #voting #NPIC #ShapingChange #ShiftingPower