ID: line drawing of an upright bunny with a black bandana tied around their neck, holding a lit match in their mouth like you might a toothpick. The text says “we can’t just vote fascism away, the time has come to disobey. (be brave!)”

  • Zachariah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5919·
    8 days ago

    We could have voted it away. And it would have been way easier than the alternatives. But we chose not to.

    But since we didn’t organize to vote it away, I’m not sure how we’re going to organize a general strike. And anything else is so difficult and so messy and has very little guarantee of improving anyone’s conditions.

    • Smith6826@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      121·
      8 days ago

      We could have voted it away.

      Don’t forget gerrymandering and other fraudulent methods of deciding victory like the electoral college being baked into this diseased system.

      They only give the illusion of choice.

      • rickyrigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
        64·
        8 days ago

        None of that stopped Biden from winning last time when people actually showed the fuck up to the polls.

        • Smith6826@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          53·
          8 days ago

          The 2-parties in this monopolized system are owned by the same corporate interests and mega-rich. Everything is by their design. We never had a choice.

          The system will never work for us, because it’s working as intended. We need to annihilate it and start from scratch. There is no fixing it from the inside and hoping the next person isn’t just another lesser evil to vote for.

            • Smith6826@sopuli.xyzEnglish
              32·
              8 days ago

              How does enabling a fascist help us on this path?

              Are you responding to the wrong person? Who’s talking about enabling fascists?

              • rickyrigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
                32·
                8 days ago

                How does not voting and allowing a fascist to win allow us to dismantle the system?

                • Smith6826@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                  4·
                  8 days ago

                  How does not voting and allowing a fascist to win allow us to dismantle the system?

                  Who the hell said to not vote? I’m saying it’s not the cure for this diseased system that we need to dismantle and rebuild. Vote on that 1 day, then organize with like-minded people to enact some real change every other day.

                  Please don’t twist my words.

                  • rickyrigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
                    34·
                    8 days ago

                    When you reply to someone talking about people sitting out to vote with excuses for them it kind of looks like you’re making excuses for not voting.

    • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      327·
      8 days ago

      We could have voted it away.

      Lmfao, news flash: it’s already here, has been for a while.

      Never mind that never in history has tyranny ever been voted away. To think otherwise you must completely misunderstand what tyranny and fascism are, as well as how the current establishment functions.

      • Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.caEnglish
        141·
        8 days ago

        Vote it away. It’s been a joke for so long and people cling to the idea that it works so badly. I am Canadian. We are also past voting. The systems of government must be torn down. They are corrupt and do not work for the people.

        • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          11·
          8 days ago

          Hear hear…

          I’m in the UK and we have the same situation + monarchy, for added funsies. I keep thinking people are getting enough of a glimpse behind the curtain at the fact that the system wasn’t designed to serve them, but to centralise power in the hands of very few people who exploit the rest to continuously strengthen their own power, but part of those efforts are the propaganda, and it just goes to show how well it works that despite so much ugly truth being revealed over and over, some people still see “my team vs your team” as the only way to exist. It’s both sad and very scary.

              • squid_slime@lemm.eeMEnglish
                2·
                8 days ago

                Sick I attend a local anarchist group called radical learning based in devon.

                Solidarity comrade.

                • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
                  1·
                  8 days ago

                  Solidarity!

                  I just looked up that group, I’m assuming this is it? I’ve only skimmed the page and will give it a good read in a bit, but that’s really fucking cool, I wish I wasn’t hundreds of miles away lol but it’s always good to see leftists organising in this country! I’m in the process of moving, not sure exactly where to yet, but once that’s happened I’m hoping to find some anarchist and communist folks locally to wherever I am, having that kind of community is so valuable.

                  • squid_slime@lemm.eeMEnglish
                    2·
                    8 days ago

                    Looks interesting but no not that group, we’re based on signal and WhatsApp and do weekly meeting to organise around local issue as well as global. Its more of an active social. Currently we have plans for a Stop reform demo as theyre coming to Exeter on Saturday and end of the month a counter demo countering a fascist demo.

                    If you end up in the devon area let me know and I will have you added to our group but if not then good luck I hope you find a good space and do some revolutionary stuff ✊