Seeing some people on Tumblr still bitching about how itās too late for voting and the only thing that will fix things is revolution.
How about you fucking vote anyway? Itās not going to seriously cut into your āsitting on the couch waiting for a revolution to startā time.
Thereās no ānone of the aboveā option here. You want a revolution, fine, but thereās still little shit to do in the meantime.
You can vote AND protest. Theyāre not exclusive. Hell, you can even protest the person you voted for when they fuck up. Youāre not signing a blood oath with your ballot. But a desire for an ideologically pure candidate or nothing only serves the status quo right now.
The effects of voting may be blunted by moneyed interests and gerrymandering and vote purging, but people fucking DIED to make sure you had THAT RIGHT. Failing to vote because you donāt have an ideologically pure option on the ballot isnāt really all that different from boomers and right wingers saying āthings could be worse, stop fucking whiningā. Itās rationalizing preemptive failure and never changing. Please vote. Yes, itās not a panacea, but itās all weāve got. Donāt give up. Your vote is valuable and desperately needed.
strategy not philosophy
