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It's wild how many people seem to think that winning a revolution would somehow be easier than winning an election.
This is what I'm saying!! People keep being like "we can't possibly solve things through voting! That would involve massive organizing, getting everyone on the same page, making compromises and settling for less than perfection, and it would be subject to the influence of mega-wealthy donors and an opposition-controlled media environment! We just have to have a revolution so we don't have to deal with any of those things!"
And it's like. I'd be less annoyed about what are obviously people who are hurt and frustrated lashing out if they didn't act like I was a fucking fascist for saying "I don't think massive amounts of death and violence will help this situation, actually"
Translated to real English that means... Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. And everybody needs to make compromises and move at least to my progressive position if not more to the right so we can win. Although I'm lying when I use the word "progressive". I'm a centrist. But don't tell anybody!
In all seriousness - in Bluesky-speak solidarity is usually defined as "building coalitions" which is basically the same thing as my joke.
I’ve seen the coalitions they have built but their coalitions have built nothing.