• ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    I don’t control the Democratic party.

    Your argument is inherently accelerationist. Everyone needs to know how self-destructive it is.

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      3 days ago

      The Acceleration is already locked in, and denying it is Liberal Fantasy. Now if we wanna pump the breaks? I need your help getting tools to build a movement.

      Looking back at the failure of Kamala is not how to convince anyone. At all. Ever. Its a great way to get written of as a useless Liberal that can only be trusted to fill out a rigged ballot.

      If you wanna dissect Kamala’s failure, build a strategy to do better in that environment? Let’s go, I’m down. But wallowing in “Kamala should be President” is how you get treated like a dirty lib.

      Come join us in reality. The “Glorious Past” was fucking terrible too.

      • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 day ago

        The Acceleration is already locked in, and denying it is Liberal Fantasy.

        There would be little point of having any interest in politics if this was true. As long as there are still people there is the ability to make things better. All fascism needs to triumph is for everyone else to do nothing.

        Incorrectly assuming there is nothing we can do lets the fascists win. There is no limit to how bad things get. The more elections people refuse to vote for neoliberals the worse things will get. And the longer the fascists are in power the harder it will be defeat them in elections.

        Its a great way to get written of as a useless Liberal that can only be trusted to fill out a rigged ballot.

        We should fill out ballots if we get them. The wider the margin of victory the harder it will be for the fascists to rig elections. And we should expect there will be ballots, because to do otherwise is to comply in advance.

        But wallowing in “Kamala should be President” is how you get treated like a dirty lib.

        Everyone should have voted for Harris in the last election. Arguments against this are accelerationist and must be refuted at every opportunity.

        Come join us in reality.

        We should vote for neoliberals when the choice is between neoliberals and fascists. Fascism harms us all and so we shouldn’t be complicit in our destruction by allowing fascists to win.

        The “Glorious Past” was fucking terrible too.

        Giving up cultural capital to the fascists is a needless ceding of ground to fascists. We should celebrate what American has gotten right while still criticizing what American has gotten wrong.

        The point of criticism is to improve a thing you love. Mamdani loves New York City. It’s why he wants to improve it with socialist policies. He believes in the melting pot he knows NYC can be. And the people voting for him may or may not get his socialism but they definitely understand his passion for their shared home. People who don’t love their country or least the good their country is capable of have nothing to contribute to a political movement whose goal is to improve their country.

        If all you’re arguing for is to burn everything to the ground then you’re getting what you wanted. You’re not going to want Mamdani or some other socialist to be president. They’re going to put a stop to the acceleration and build America up. But the only way socialists candidates can even win an election is for people to fill out ballots.