You’re right, I dont know that they are a psyop. I do, however, know that the position of ‘voting is not worthwhile if you are a leftist’ that they are taking above is the same position that many psyops would like to have in the minds of leftists. Put more simply, what might they have said differently if they were a psyop? Nothing, I presume.
It is better to root out psyop talking points that diminish our ability to form a collective voice, than it is to allow foolish notions like ‘dont vote’ to continue in our spaces.
Voting doesn’t do much, though. I support voting for working class orgs like PSL, but not for the DNC or GOP, and I know it’s very unlikley that PSL will win electorally. Leftists understand that the path to change is via organizing, not by supporting orgs that work against our interests, and we know we can’t magically turn a capitalist org into a proletarian one by wishcasting.
If you want to argue against that, then do so, don’t badjacket.
Fascists don’t care if we vote, what they care about is if we organize. Now that the spoils of imperialism are drying up, fascism is rising, and the super-exploitation we inflict on the global south is turning more inward. What fascists are scared of is working class organizing and building actual power.
Voting is a pressure valve, its utility is in letting off steam. If they can consistently fix it so that the results are predictable, then it provides the illusion that the system is democratic.
Manufacturing consent every election cycle helps things go smoother. Voting is a pressure valve, not an actual way to enact systemic change in a system rigged by those it was set up to keep in power. The actual strength of the working class is in organizing, not in going along with a rigged system.
If you categorically discount the people in politics, our most visible rhetorical speakers, as being part of a consent manfactury, how do you suppose we will ever aquire the broad appeal necessary to build a large coalition of workers? Unions are not up to the task in 2025 (in part due to political decisions that have weakened them)
People in politics are part of that, but within the two major parties we have no allies, even partial. I already answered the solution partially back here, but here it is again:
Voting doesn’t do much, though. I support voting for working class orgs like PSL, but not for the DNC or GOP, and I know it’s very unlikley that PSL will win electorally. Leftists understand that the path to change is via organizing, not by supporting orgs that work against our interests, and we know we can’t magically turn a capitalist org into a proletarian one by wishcasting.
We need to organize. Unions aren’t up to the task, sure, but creating a working class party like what PSL is doing, building them up, and integrating within the working class is how you can leverage that to tilt the system and even overthrow it if conditions are right for that.
Badjacketing is bad. Don’t do that.
You’re right, I dont know that they are a psyop. I do, however, know that the position of ‘voting is not worthwhile if you are a leftist’ that they are taking above is the same position that many psyops would like to have in the minds of leftists. Put more simply, what might they have said differently if they were a psyop? Nothing, I presume.
It is better to root out psyop talking points that diminish our ability to form a collective voice, than it is to allow foolish notions like ‘dont vote’ to continue in our spaces.
Voting doesn’t do much, though. I support voting for working class orgs like PSL, but not for the DNC or GOP, and I know it’s very unlikley that PSL will win electorally. Leftists understand that the path to change is via organizing, not by supporting orgs that work against our interests, and we know we can’t magically turn a capitalist org into a proletarian one by wishcasting.
If you want to argue against that, then do so, don’t badjacket.
Im literally just telling folks to not engage in the same behavior that the fascists hope we engage in.
Fascists don’t care if we vote, what they care about is if we organize. Now that the spoils of imperialism are drying up, fascism is rising, and the super-exploitation we inflict on the global south is turning more inward. What fascists are scared of is working class organizing and building actual power.
If they don’t care if we vote why are they trying to make it illegal?
Voting is a pressure valve, its utility is in letting off steam. If they can consistently fix it so that the results are predictable, then it provides the illusion that the system is democratic.
Fascists spend hundreds of millions on each election cycle. Clearly they care
Manufacturing consent every election cycle helps things go smoother. Voting is a pressure valve, not an actual way to enact systemic change in a system rigged by those it was set up to keep in power. The actual strength of the working class is in organizing, not in going along with a rigged system.
If you categorically discount the people in politics, our most visible rhetorical speakers, as being part of a consent manfactury, how do you suppose we will ever aquire the broad appeal necessary to build a large coalition of workers? Unions are not up to the task in 2025 (in part due to political decisions that have weakened them)
People in politics are part of that, but within the two major parties we have no allies, even partial. I already answered the solution partially back here, but here it is again:
We need to organize. Unions aren’t up to the task, sure, but creating a working class party like what PSL is doing, building them up, and integrating within the working class is how you can leverage that to tilt the system and even overthrow it if conditions are right for that.