@benroyce

I do regularly say "I don't want to live in this world any more".

Between utter failure to make progress on stopping global warming, to the rich pushing fascism on the rest of us, so they can avoid the consequences of global warming, it feels like everything is going to keep getting worse for hundreds of years.

@alienghic

my attitude is to go down fighting

if you're surrounded by 20 goons, you can feel hopeless

or you can go out swinging with a stupid grin on your face

that's my approach

"rage rage against the dying of the light" and all that

anyone who just curls up in a ball and accepts defeat?

this is not the real left

all there is, and ever was, in this world, is the good fight

you fight, you may lose

you may also win

if you give up you will lose

there are no better terms in this world

@tek @alienghic

😂

it's true though

i can't stand fucking whiners "on the left" talking defeatism. or so fucking stupid they don't understand that that is what not voting is

even if they are invested in some other attempt to defeat #fascism

that other track will have tactical thinkers going "oh, but also #vote, that's good vandalism/ sabotage"

all these fucking whiny entitled lazy assholes "on the left" are nothing but willingly and meekly submitting to fascism if THEY DON'T FUCKING VOTE

@benroyce @tek @alienghic @Barbramon1

Most of my life I have watched Democrats split their early vote around five plus candidates, while the GOP usually offers only one in opposition.

It speaks somewhat to party unification and effectiveness if one party is already at least going through the motions of being on the same page.

@Barbramon1 @Chancerubbage @benroyce @tek

I sometimes wonder if the left's pattern of arguing and being unwilling to compromise wasn't at least partially caused by COINTELPRO style disruption and psychological warfare.

@Barbramon1 @alienghic @benroyce @tek

Third party might only do better than usual by voters growing dissatisfaction with 2 existing major parties. It has only been useful as a spoiler to take votes from the big two. I think that would be devisive and fruitless however.

@Chancerubbage @Barbramon1 @benroyce @tek

The two major parties are widely hated, but because of the winner takes all election rules we're suffering under third parties often split the vote and leads to the conservatives winning.

If we want more viable options to win we need election reforms like ranked choice voting.

As an example, this is what the California Greens want for something more inclusive.

http://www.cagreens.org/platform/electoral-reform