Not voting (in your election)

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Actually, Voter Shaming Doesn’t Work | Democrats like to chastise leftists for not voting party line Democrat. That's not very persuasive. (jacobin.com)

submitted 8 months ago by stabby_cicada to c/notvoting

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In the political cosmology of something that calls itself the “Democratic Party,” it is now a widespread belief that support is owed from below rather than earned from above. Instead of building popular coalitions by seeking to represent the hopes, dreams, and interests of a democratic majority, a posture of absolute, uncritical deference toward elite politicians is presumed to be axiomatic — even when an election is still well over a year away.

I shared this on a different instance some months ago, but with this new instance open it might find a different reception.

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[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No worse enemy of the left than the left

[–] wildcherry 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Liberals are not left.

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Case in point.

[–] wildcherry 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's not divisive to state what is obvious to anybody with a tiny bit of political knowledge. Liberals are only the left in the US because the center there is the right. In normal countries, liberals are not the left. Sorry to break your bubble.