Seeing some people on Tumblr still bitching about how it’s too late for voting and the only thing that will fix things is revolution.
How about you fucking vote anyway? It’s not going to seriously cut into your “sitting on the couch waiting for a revolution to start” time.
There’s no “none of the above” option here. You want a revolution, fine, but there’s still little shit to do in the meantime.
You can vote AND protest. They’re not exclusive. Hell, you can even protest the person you voted for when they fuck up. You’re 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 don’t have an ideologically pure option on the ballot isn’t really all that different from boomers and right wingers saying “things could be worse, stop fucking whining”. It’s rationalizing preemptive failure and never changing. Please vote. Yes, it’s not a panacea, but it’s all we’ve got. Don’t give up. Your vote is valuable and desperately needed.
strategy not philosophy
