Obviously if the midterms are cancelled, then other means are going to be necessary (possibly some of the things that were cut off of the screenshot, who knows). If they happen, then yeah vote the fuck out of them. (But also, don't just vote - but that's another story.) But spreading shit like this will make people apathetic to voting, meaning that if or when the midterms are cancelled, more people will just shrug, instead of flooding the streets in rage and shutting the country down.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

We need to be acting like the Midterms are in danger now, not sitting around and waiting a few months for it to be official. If and when the Midterms are canceled it will be too late to flood the streets, the streets need to be flooded before it's already too late.

[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, fully agree on that, and would take it a step further: the streets needed to be flooded regularly. The couple of mass protests that have happened up until now can only be seen as a start. That needs to happen on a much more regular basis, among other things.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The streets have been flooded. The votes have been voted. Try something else

[–] Dialectical_Idealist@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The problem is that people come out to protest, on one Saturday, with zero threat of escalation. We need to read theory, form mutual aid groups, join leftist organizations, start worker's strikes, start renter's strikes, elect representatives, control the media narrative, and prepare/train for the inevitable response from the police/military.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

Be the change you want to see in the world