What do you mean when you use the word praxis? I’m using it in the “actions one takes in order to manifest some change within society”. I do agree with you that voting and riding the bus generally aren’t a form of praxis. However, historically the freedom riders were able to make “riding the bus” a form of praxis and it’s not ancient history where voting was praxis for those wealthy enough.

the most basic form of civil participation

No. The most basic form of civil participation is waving to your neighbors, the next step is small talk and then lending some salt/sugar/tarps/etc. as needed, so on.

Voting is the most basic form of legitimization.

There is a meaningful difference in organizing conditions

Oh I agree, it’s impossible to organize when people insist on the need “to pressure those in power” when the whole point of organizing is to redistribute said power.

Biden and Mamdani serve the same fascist state as Trump and Harrell. Without going to suicidal extremes the amount of pressure all of us can exude will never outweigh that of the capital class. Their power must be recaptured before there is any talk of pressuring anyone into anything.

I’d rather have leaders who are afraid of getting voted out

Those people you’ve listed are primarily figureheads and they will be the first to tell you their actual power is very limited. Why do you insist on following them?

Please go outside.

Again with this thought terminating cliche? What happened to “You have no idea what people are up to.”?

Can’t exactly blame someone for dying in a war when all of the information they have is that it’s (relatively) safe to be a US soldier and they can’t read a demented person’s mind.

No, but you can blame them having a complete lack of moral character and for being completely, and willfully, ignorant of what their job entails.

We managed to elect a socialist mayor in Seattle.

And what has that materially changed?

I know you’ll argue that it’s too early to expect anything, but mark my words that nothing will materially change. SPD’s budget will continue to increase with the deficit taken from public services, homelessness and sweeps will continue to escalate and expect nothing more than apologetics when ICE/BPD starts to escalate in the area.

Your hope and optimism is being weaponised against you.

You have no idea what people are up to.

Quite the change in position from “go touch grass”.

Am I wrong in stating that you view voting as a form of praxis?

If you practiced what you preach you wouldn’t be this patronizing, condescending and dismissive.

Enjoy those public services while you can, so long as voting is your praxis, and you remain proudly ignorant of what that entails, they will continue to be defunded and privatized.

Lol, if you actually read the article it legitimately was the counter-protestors attempting to bomb the white nationalists protesting against “Islam” outside Mamdani’s residence.

The spin here that Mamdani was the target, or in active danger from the “explosives”, is incredible!

The actual target was Jake Lang and the police protecting him and was an attack against NYPD who is actively enabling and supporting said intimidating campaign against Mamdani and does pose an actual risk to his, and his families, health and safety.

I’m positioning myself against “aristocratic selection mechanisms” which y’all insist on calling “voting”.

So yeah, fuck “voting”.

Quit blaming the victims, this is what the result of voting looks like.

There were many fumbles.

In addition to running a cop and prosecutor right after 2020 and the litany of broken promises there. It can not be understated how terrible the strategy was of promising to be even tougher on immigration than the current administration.

The integrated pedestrian only walkway built-in doesn’t count?

Noting the palace of the soviets on the right side this is intended to be the heart of downtown Moscow and probably Ostezhenka street. Sure it could be better, but it looks like a massive improvement to what it actually looks like today. At least according to Google maps.

Nah, this is why it’s important to make sure “vegans” are at your parties.