• db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    5 months ago

    It’s because voting is useless. Many leftists don’t bother with voting and focus on things that actually work.

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      5 months ago

      It might be useless, but ultimately it’s the only tool that the majority have at their disposal.

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        Leftists have never been the majority though so we can’t rely on voting to adress our issues and interests. Last time I saw numbers more Ameicans wanted a party to the right of the Republicans than Americans who wanted a party to the left of Democrats. We’re the absolute political minority yet many of our policies poll higjer than candidates from either party.

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        Direct action isn’t directly “trying to overthrow the government” It’s trying to improve one’s own life directly, instead of begging the elites to do so for you.