#electorialism

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.)

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.

POV: you are watching what happens when someone tries to "change the system from the inside" and engage in the "marketplace of ideas" under white supremacy

don't vote and thrive.

don't let people peer pressure you into thinking it'll do anything positive either.

if moneyed white people in suits with large platforms put us in this situation, what makes you confident they'll get us out of it?

what will voting change about our circumstances if it hasn't already?

this "democracy" has failed us time and time again. every election is the most important one, yet somehow things have only gotten worse. stop the madness.

believe in yourself. it isn't "your only choice", and the lesser of two evils is not the same as "good". politicians have demonstrated that their loyalties are to banks and private businesses, not the environment, not marginalized communities, and certainly not you.

they don't work for you, they work for themselves. their job is just a title. just because i'm a chef doesn't mean the food i present to you is edible or good, and just because i'm a politician doesn't mean i'll protect you or be your ally.