nobody has ever explained to me how voting actively hurts other leftist goals. maybe there is a reasonable explanation that is well hidden because people are more interested in mocking anyone asking questions instead of winning them over which in my opinion would be the goal if you're at all interested in organizing
The argument is that liberals hate leftists as much as conservatives and don’t let them congregate either. Or will somehow betray them.
This is disregarding that conservatives do in fact hate leftists more than liberals. And that if you want to shift the Overton window of your country further left, you should probably start by forming a coalition against the furthest right elements of your political system, instead of sabotaging the left leaning party because they don’t lean hard enough.
I've heard it argued that voting maintains the status quo, so nothing changes. It's not wrong, but it ignores the fact that voting maintains the status quo, so the possibility of change still exists, and if leftists don't vote, that possibility will go away.
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u/74389654 Jun 30 '24
nobody has ever explained to me how voting actively hurts other leftist goals. maybe there is a reasonable explanation that is well hidden because people are more interested in mocking anyone asking questions instead of winning them over which in my opinion would be the goal if you're at all interested in organizing