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This probably won't make anyone feel any better, but here in the UK we got the "lesser evil", and all of the threats that existed before, still exist now. They are going ahead with cutting benefits and making them harder to get, they are continuing their attack on trans people, they are not opposing genocide in any significant way., they continue to favour rich over poor.
The problem isn't who sits at the head of the pyramid, the problem is the pyramid itself, because by definition someone always has to be at the bottom and bear the brunt of those above.
As bad as they are, we must stop focusing on the symptoms, and address the cause - abolish capitalism, abolish the state, abolish hierarchy.
completely agree as an anarchist.
But you also can take a utilitarian perspective. One of the two candidates is going to cause more suffering than the other, simple as that.
But that's still settling for suffering, which is always to be undertaken by those already most vulnerable and marginalised in society (E: as I mention, even when the "lesser evil" wins, they continue to actively target us).
And this willingness to settle for suffering is partly how we got to this point (it's functionally how the Overton window shifts).
Aim for more.
Demand more for yourself.
That’s why I advocate for grassroots movement (and exercising your right to vote)
Which is excellent.
Just to be clear, I'm not criticising anyone who is reeling and scared right now, or you personally, or even the post itself, I just think it's long past due that we stop wasting our collective energy and power on focusing on and trying to fix the symptoms, instead of their cause, because that's never going to work.