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so what's the solution?
The solution is breaking Free of the oligarchy and supporting the candidates that represent the working class in government break free of the lesser evil bullshit that does not exist. Break Free of the false dichotomies that the only option is Democrats despite the fact decades show that they are not helping
so some magical non-existent party is your solution?
If Democrats didn't keep suing to get 3rd party candidates off the ballot, didn't restrict ballot access as tightly as they do, we would have existent 3rd party solutions. The very people you support are the ones that are prohibiting choice.
There are literally 2 parties on the ballots.
Your solution is to vote for a third party that does not exist?... if so, your solution is less than useless
maybe on your ballot there are only two. but not me.
I'm not USian... do you actually get the possibility of choosing something NOT republican or democrat?
depending on the jurisdiction, and the race, and a concept called "ballot access", yes.
Ok, so for the vast majority of people, not an option... this has been a productive discussion
as i said, it depends. most people had 3 to 6 options for president.
as I said, it is clear these are not true options...
people really could have voted for any of them. we can even write in candidates. the fact that so many did not is not evidence that those people couldn't have.
From the outside perspective, there is one party on the ballot. They take money from the same super Pacs, from the same Ceos, from the same lobbyists, from the same bankers, for the same end game
What a meaningless word salad. Give concrete steps. Go.
"Show me how to do revolution"
Or you could educate yourself? Not that it's a serious question from you anyway, obviously.
I'll give you a first step: grow food and feed your neighbors. Figure it out from there on your own.
Ah gotcha. I gotta figure it out for you. We'll get back to me when you have strategy, coalitions, anything. Right now it seems we have a collection of edge lord teenagers on Lemmy wearing che Guevara shirts.
You have to figure it out for you, we're doing alright out where I am lol
At least I get to be a teenager at 30, that's some consolation I suppose?
I mean...you keep confirming what I assumed to be true. There is no plan. No plan to build political power. No plan to build coalitions. Nothing. Just posting feel good diatribes on Lemmy from your iPhone. You want me to grow a vegetable garden? That's it? Cool.
Political power starts from the bottom.
I'm on like a 10 year old laptop lol
Yes, I want you to grow a vegetable garden. I also want you to try LSD and magic mushrooms.
Sure. I love these empty platitudes. They feel good on paper, don't they? I too am growing a vegetable garden. Let's jerk each other off while we read some leninist theory. Cool cool. I know that's about as much lefties can get done anyway.
Did you drop acid yet? Usually people who do are either less annoying or at least annoying in a different way, so I'm guessing not.
Also I've never read Lenin or Marx or any theory really (yet), I just worked warehouse and temp and other shit jobs so I got first-hand experience. You're really really bad at this whole "trying to read my character and make pointed comments" thing you're doing. Like one of the worst I've ever seen. You landed zero out of three so far.
No, I just get tired of sanctimonious lefties telling us to "grow vegetable gardens" because "power is built from the ground up" or whatever other empty vacuous platitudes they fellate each other with day in and out. It's so fake
You were so bad at taking stabs in the dark that you just had to quote me verbatim in an attempt to be insulting lol
Take that acid, it's a prescription at this point.
Same old same old... More self aggrandizing lecturing. Lefties are only good for one thing: fellating each other 24/7. Get back to me when the revolution starts.
They have no solutions, only criticism.
The solution is to get the fuck off the Internet and het involved. Go to caucuses, vote in primaries for progressive candidates like I did. I didn't get selected as a state delegate but at least I was there caucusing for the most progressive candidates available.
This defeatist talk is cowardly.
Projection
The talk of cowards is not having the balls to do what's right and could keep capitulating for those that are causing the problems that we're experiencing.
Do what's right? Can you elaborate on what that is?