There. I’ve said it.
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Voting is the absolute bare minimum amount of political activity you can do
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I’m not an American so I can’t vote in your stupid elections anyway
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Just seeing if this will rile up the other instance libs
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If you know any lukewarm Bernie bros that DON’T live in a swing state and plan to vote for Biden as a “lesser evil,” you might be able to convince them to vote Cornel West instead.
Let them know that, if they’re in a solid blue or red state, all of their state’s electoral votes will go to Biden or Trump regardless
Sell Cornel West to them as a way of boosting a genuine leftist’s name; a protest vote that won’t actually hurt Biden’s chances because they don’t live in a battleground state. I was able to convince my vaguely demsoc friend
genuine leftist’s name
I didn’t realize genuine leftists praised Ronald Reagan for defeating communism
Enjoy being one of the few Americans who actually get to participate in a presidential election
Remember everyone: vote early and often. I’m registered under a dozen names in a dozen counties. Together we can make our votes count.
I wrote in Hawkins last time though was positively impressed by PSL getting on the ballot in the state I vote in (RI), more than the green party was able to do. I was torn at the time but thought Green was still the closet thing to a viable left lane and despite some disagreements with Hawkins at least he said he was a socialist.
Given what I’ve learned about West I really hope you get on the ballot this time. At time of writing my plan is to vote PSL.
Good news! RI is one of 9 states where write-in candidates actually count.
https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates#Requirements_for_write-in_candidates
In authoritarian China US, 41 states require people to vote for oligarchy-sanctioned main candidates ONLY.
American Democracy, where the system works so well that every election is the most important election of our lives
Vote , but also recognize that voting is the very least you can do to bring about change. We need to organize a strong left here before it’s too late.
