• GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    But they will still call themselves leftists, which muddies the water and makes it impossible to actually tell.

    • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      What is a leftist to you though? I’m not arguing for this position, but there are different beliefs in electoralism, there are leftists who believe legitimazing the system through voting just cements the dominant power further. By abstaining from voting or letting someone unpopular be elected it weakens the state structure which some see as a more efficient path to the removal of the main class division.