Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members
i’m getting angry. this is my attempt to articulate myself more clearly.
to my mind, its like this: you want to do something that will both not get a socialist elected, because there is not enough public support and third parties have not won in modern history, and marginally increases the likelihood a theocratic fascist gets elected. you can say that Biden is the same, but to me, in the social position i’m living in, he tangibly isn’t, and state and federal democratic policy is the reason i am currently able to get estrogen and antidepressants from my medicare doctor at a queer affirming clinic for free. the other guy doesn’t want me to have any of that stuff, and in fact, his party has been work-shopping laws across republican controlled states to limit access to those exact resources, and has promised to do so on a federal level if elected.
would i rather not have Biden? yes! am i trying to the best of my ability to contribute to local mutual aid groups and socialist projects in my city? also yes! but fuck, from my perspective voting third party has no fucking way of tangibly improving my actual real life material conditions, and tangibly increases the likelihood of my actual real life material conditions worsening significantly.
so please, for fucks sake, don’t do the thing that helps the bigots but sticks to your principles, please. i am very frightened, and do not want to die or be left without healthcare. i’m not trying to shame you, i’m telling you that if enough people do the thing that you are planning to do this next election, the most likely outcome is very much not a socialist getting to be the president. please, i will beg on my knees, don’t do a very dumb thing that won’t get you what you want.
of course, i would greatly prefer if a progressive candidate won, and if they made it out of the primary (which i will vote in), then i will less reluctantly vote for them. but genuinely, i think that what you’re doing is stupid and irresponsible not because i looove licking boot, but because i currently rely on resources which exist only at the whims of democratic politicians. talk about the uni-party whatever all you want, but that is the truth for me and millions of other people nationwide. i may not be alive today if it weren’t for resources conceived of and implemented by democrat politicians and provided to me without cost due to my financial conditions.
so please, for fucks sake, don’t do the thing that helps the bigots but sticks to your principles, please. i am very frightened, and do not want to die or be left without healthcare. i’m not trying to shame you, i’m telling you that if enough people do the thing that you are planning to do this next election, the most likely outcome is very much not a socialist getting to be the president. please, i will beg on my knees, don’t do a very dumb thing that won’t get you what you want.
Nothing you do at the ballot box will prevent a fascist from being elected to office, either. You’re willing to beg for someone to put a check mark on the paper to help affirm their shitty status quo political system and their shitty fascist political brands. None of that is going to change your material conditions. Have some dignity, and if you really aspire to be an anarchist, study the actual systems you’re so worried about and figure this shit out. If you’re going to beg a leftist for something, make it something that’ll make a difference. I’ll put my life on the line to get you where you need to go to get the treatment you need, and to figure out how to do it outside of the system you’re begging to preserve that’ll happily put you in the ground. Biden ain’t fucking it.
Yes, you’re getting angry. You’ve been angry since the first comment I replied to. You’re just angry at all the wrong things and people. Cut that shit out.
i’m getting angry. this is my attempt to articulate myself more clearly.
to my mind, its like this: you want to do something that will both not get a socialist elected, because there is not enough public support and third parties have not won in modern history, and marginally increases the likelihood a theocratic fascist gets elected. you can say that Biden is the same, but to me, in the social position i’m living in, he tangibly isn’t, and state and federal democratic policy is the reason i am currently able to get estrogen and antidepressants from my medicare doctor at a queer affirming clinic for free. the other guy doesn’t want me to have any of that stuff, and in fact, his party has been work-shopping laws across republican controlled states to limit access to those exact resources, and has promised to do so on a federal level if elected.
would i rather not have Biden? yes! am i trying to the best of my ability to contribute to local mutual aid groups and socialist projects in my city? also yes! but fuck, from my perspective voting third party has no fucking way of tangibly improving my actual real life material conditions, and tangibly increases the likelihood of my actual real life material conditions worsening significantly.
so please, for fucks sake, don’t do the thing that helps the bigots but sticks to your principles, please. i am very frightened, and do not want to die or be left without healthcare. i’m not trying to shame you, i’m telling you that if enough people do the thing that you are planning to do this next election, the most likely outcome is very much not a socialist getting to be the president. please, i will beg on my knees, don’t do a very dumb thing that won’t get you what you want.
of course, i would greatly prefer if a progressive candidate won, and if they made it out of the primary (which i will vote in), then i will less reluctantly vote for them. but genuinely, i think that what you’re doing is stupid and irresponsible not because i looove licking boot, but because i currently rely on resources which exist only at the whims of democratic politicians. talk about the uni-party whatever all you want, but that is the truth for me and millions of other people nationwide. i may not be alive today if it weren’t for resources conceived of and implemented by democrat politicians and provided to me without cost due to my financial conditions.
Nothing you do at the ballot box will prevent a fascist from being elected to office, either. You’re willing to beg for someone to put a check mark on the paper to help affirm their shitty status quo political system and their shitty fascist political brands. None of that is going to change your material conditions. Have some dignity, and if you really aspire to be an anarchist, study the actual systems you’re so worried about and figure this shit out. If you’re going to beg a leftist for something, make it something that’ll make a difference. I’ll put my life on the line to get you where you need to go to get the treatment you need, and to figure out how to do it outside of the system you’re begging to preserve that’ll happily put you in the ground. Biden ain’t fucking it.
Yes, you’re getting angry. You’ve been angry since the first comment I replied to. You’re just angry at all the wrong things and people. Cut that shit out.