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Voting Sucks (But Why I’m Doing it) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Prunebutt to c/breadtube

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Finally someone who can clearly articulate why they -ote and still understand that electoralism won't get us truly progressive change.

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[–] solo 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I see things differently. Briefly, the risk of Trump becoming president (again!) is not a matter of fate. Fascism is a (by)product of systemic oppression from capitalism.

Nowadays, the decades of policies of the specific branch of capitalism called neoliberalism forced upon regular people, have paved the way for fascism to get a hold on societies all over the world. So desperate folks, looking for solutions in their everyday life, fall into the trap of the far-right narrative of blaming other regular people instead of those in power creating their actual problems.

It's not a matter of being smart or dumb. People are hurt. This is why they find appealing fascist and conspiracy narratives, because they provide a mythology that explains their pain. These narratives don't need to be logical, they just need to point out an enemy. Othering people can be a perfect distraction to sooth emotions. Let's not do the same. Let's keep the discourse alive.