MossMar 9, 2024

196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/9711930

196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election. - Blåhaj Lemmy

I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-voting sentiment going around. Can’t believe I have to say this, but you need to vote. Not only is there more to the election than just the president. (State policy, Senate, house), but not voting is not an act of protest. C’mon guys

Show threadanti-idpol actionMar 11, 2024
if voting changed shit it would have been made illegal. don’t legitimize slavery by acts of expressing gratitude for being able to pick your masters.
Show threadmcc
Russian spies. Nice try.
Mar 11, 2024 at 1:57amWeb
Show threadanti-idpol actionMar 11, 2024
but election rigging in post-Soviet Russia was actually started by the CIA to not let the communists get back to power in 1996 elections. Which is actually yet another proof that what is needed in any country really is a revolution and actual thorough democratization of every aspect of social and economic life possible, instead of neo-aristocratic electoralism.
Show threadQuaternionsRockMar 11, 2024

what is needed in any country really is a revolution and actual thorough democratization of every aspect of social and economic life possible

Good luck accomplishing any of that while under a dictatorship :)

Show threadforceMar 11, 2024

the iranians revolted… into another dictatorship…

and the french revolution ended swell! wait

what about the cuban revolution? oh god damn it

lol i’m just kidding, i can think of a few. the italian civil war and the libyan civil war, and technically the russian revolution and german revolution but i guess it helps when the government you’re fighting against is getting brutally beaten in a war against other countries

Show threadanti-idpol actionMar 11, 2024
Also I hope the Russian government is overthrown by it’s people and that the right of self determination of the myriad of ethnic minorities is actually honored instead of being used as a cannon fodder to oppress another nation.
Show threadrottingleafMar 11, 2024
I live in Russia. First, that won’t happen soon, it’s a bad situation with apathy, fragmentation and decay. Second, that myriad of ethnic groups is by geographic distribution mostly unable to secede as states with clearly defined borders. Third, where they can (say, North Caucasus), they depend on central financing to not be terribly poor (and they are still very poor).
Show threadanti-idpol actionMar 11, 2024
isn’t Tuva an exception in this case due to it’s isolation?
Show threadrottingleafMar 11, 2024

Not of the third point.

Also a question of leadership, how relevant was Boris Kagarlitsky, actually?

So relevant that I’ve heard about him a few times, but never paid attention.

Show threadPan_ZiemniakMar 11, 2024
Incredible how the majority of their comments come at hrs when most Americans are in bed…