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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump, of course, being so much better.

Pragmatism beats principles every day of the week. The problem is it makes weak-willed people scared.

Yes, pragmatically speaking, voting for Biden does absolutely fucking nothing to alleviate any of the problems faced by the working class. It doesn't affect the onward progression of capitalism, it doesn't stop the racists from controlling the government, doesn't stop the cops from murdering black people, doesn't stop the erasure of LGBTQIA lives, doesn't do anything.

The pragmatic options are to first stabilize your own situation, and then organize popular resistance and do direct actions if you have the bandwidth.