We know voting in bourgeois USian democracy is only affected by people in swing states (and even that is "which ghoul do you want to administer the dictatorship of capital") but hear me out.
A comrade recently posted about ironically or unironically (I didn't read enough into the thread) voting for AfD in Germany and it reminded me of a WaPo article that read:
"Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable and risks weakening their ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the U.S. homeland, according to people familiar with a recent assessment prepared for the Pentagon chief."
So it got me thinking, by continuing to overextend the military, as empires do, are we actually seeing "two, three, many Vietnams"? Is the way to exhaust the empire's military into submission to vote for Trump? On one hand we have the King of Hubris (hubris being the guarantor of empire decline) and on the other hand things might have played out this way while wearing a Democrat mask, too, as we know the real driving force is capital accumulation and Epstein island retreats. The down side is the harm that comes to marginalized and oppressed people, which again also happens under Dems when it's their turn to protect capital accumulation and Epstein island retreats. I know in Germany it's different because there are several parties but in the US we're a one party state, but with typical American extravagance, we have two of them (shout out to Julius Nyerere). So would voting for Republicans be a net positive for the world and the demise of capitalism? Should we just abstain from voting? Vote blue for harm reduction?
A big piece of evidence for this theory comes from my personal experience- how many people I know afk that are now (recently) radicalized. People I wouldn't expect in a million years to actually be down with changing the system are now fervent revolutionaries. Comrade Trump is the greatest left wing organizer since Lenin. That's right I said it.
Nah, let's not encourage self-censorship or in-group/out-group mentality. I think that if any comrade has a question they should feel free to come to askchapo and discuss. Like you pointed out, we are all at different stages of learning and the only wrong place to be is the place where one feels they don't need to learn anymore. Hexbear is a place imo with tons of knowledge and experience so there is tremendous value here.
I know my question was "controversial" but I consider Hexbear my home and if I can't ask here then I would have to keep it to myself and let it fester, which is not good. Plus, who knows who else was thinking something similar and got to explore the idea and get closer to the correct understanding.
It's sad if my post made you feel like leaving Hexbear. I hope you stay, we need unity above all else, even if your highness has to deal with a dumbass like me from time to time ;)
Yeah, you're right. I guess I'm on edge, too.
Sorry to hear that, and I can't blame you for being on edge. You weren't even wrong to be mad tbh, I unwittingly fell into "but it might work for us" and didn't even realize my idea was simple accelerationism. I thought "this time it's different" because the current regime is so talented at alienating allies, kneecapping the economy, and losing wars that if the Democrats came back into power the mass of centrists would just go back to brunch, but you comrades slapped me back onto the right track.
I live in a red state and my belly is nervous about the midterms, although my brain interprets that (and my surroundings afk) in it's own fucked up way lol.