There's always more power in being for something than only being against something.
Having a specific agenda created from populist policy is the antidote to the malaise of slow-rolling capitulation that liberals have put us in.
<blink> I... oh wow.
as long as we still #vote
if we give up on voting and commit to revolutionary change, the strategists in the revolutionary cells will tell us to vote: vandalism/ sabotage
even in #revolution we're going to be dealing with compromise, a choice between imperfect revolutionary leaders
the "lesser evil" problem never goes away
there is no such thing as #purity, hewing to that is for immature losers
real #leftism is effective action
not inert, useless, entitled, whiny #toxicIdealism
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organize, educate, protest, boycott, resist, build community, and more
and #vote
to do the rest and say "don't vote" is a right wing agent provocateur psyop or a failure in tactical thinking, and undercuts all of our other efforts
it's not about perfection, it's about shifting the social and political landscape to make our efforts more effective
it's strategy in a war, not a fucking romance
an important caveat:
you can't build #community with people animated by anti-community instincts
that means #cynicism and #perfectionism
people identify these weaknesses unfortunately with #leftism
but real leftism is effective action for a cause. leftism is not a psychological problem that immobilizes you
the same way we say we can't advance #society by including #bigotry or lies. we need to exclude such voices or nothing gets done
they can come around on their own
I love this take.
But my take is that one advocates incremental or defensive change, and is inspired by the other: the other is we want everything right now, inspired by what everyone really wants.
Both perspectives are necessary to survive, especially when things don't turn out as planned.
Dual-wielding seems necessary.
Pete Prodoehl 🍕
contrasocial
Danny Boling ☮️
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
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The Doctor
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