• DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    5 hours ago

    This is going to be a generational struggle.

    Then we should also be planning for the 2026 elections…

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      5 hours ago

      Oh my goodness, you are one tracking on elections so hard. You ignore everything I say and circle right back around to voting. Alright I’ll humor you.

      Our plan for 2026 election:

      -Vote in primary if applicable

      -Vote in general

      Great, super easy to get all of our planning done. It took all of five seconds and when it comes time to actually vote it will take less than an hour. I don’t understand why we need to plan something this simple so far in advance but now we’ve got a plan.

      Now that thats out of the way we can focus on more important things like finding ways to build more robust communities and serve our neighbors in need. The Democrats aren’t coming to save anyone for literally years, there are hungry, unhoused, and unemployed people that need help now.

      Do you even have a plan for what you will do if the Democrats don’t win the election? What about if the Democrats win the election but still screw the working class? Are you going to wait 50 years to see if voting Democrat works or not before you try anything else? Given the Democrats performance over the past 50 years I’d say starting and stopping your political engagement at voting and electoralism is magical thinking, a hail Mary, all eggs in one basket, a recipe for disaster.

      Say it with me, voting and mutual aid are not mutually exclusive. You can do both at the same time. Mutual aid/community organizing takes hard work on a regular basis while voting is a passive affair that takes a couple of hours a year at most. Of the two spending more of your focus and energy on the lower effort, passive option is a recipe for failure.