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how do you square a fantasy about a green new deal under biden and watch a person on his team defend fracking
i get all the reasons people are being forced into voting for biden. I think itâs really unhealthy to turn that into a fantasy that biden will enact anything resembling a leftist policy.
He will defend the status quo which is already extremely right wing and bad
He will defend the status quo which is already extremely right wing and bad
yes i know there are only two choices, but I think itâs not an invitation to vote for biden and abdicate your responsibility to fuck shit up with direct action
a LOT of people are waiting for that âif hilary had won, weâd all be at brunchâ moment they think they were robbed of. Theyâre not looking at their duty to the country to move the overton window and pressure every elected official every day by direct action
fascism isnât one guy, one policy, one action. it is a series of barely perceptible moves that prime people to accept the next one until the worst has already happened. if biden takes office, he will have inheirited fascism from 40 years of shitty policies
trump was just more brazen than others. a lot of americans still love and support the institutions he inheirited that carry out fascist acts.
If you think you can vote biden and support police or prisons, you are wrong
If you think you can vote biden and support police or prisons, you are wrong
110 corporations worldwide are responsible for climate change. do you think, based on bidenâs political career that he will take them to the woodshed without people forcing him to?
yes the situation is bad. But itâs going to BE BAD TOO under biden and I donât see a lot of chatter as to what happens if you wake up and biden has won.
Especially if the house is GOP
Especially if the house is GOP
voting isnât the end game. Itâs one very small piece of a puzzle. It is an invitation to a candidate to prove their worth, but you have to make them work for it every day theyâre in office, and that takes a stamina and a dogged determination that few americans have right now
biden could win AND the country could still proceed with fascism.
Because america isnât just one guy.
Itâs a series of bad institutions with a lot of conservatives running them who wonât be displaced by a biden win.
Itâs also a series of increasingly conservative judges
Because america isnât just one guy.
Itâs a series of bad institutions with a lot of conservatives running them who wonât be displaced by a biden win.
Itâs also a series of increasingly conservative judges
and iâm not even talking about the supreme court. Iâm talking about judges in every city in the nation. Iâm talking about state supreme courts. Iâm talking about people who have never gone against police no matter how audaciously racist or violently corrupt they are
those people donât vacate in a biden win.
Sherrifs donât vacate in a biden win.
Cops donât vacate in a biden win.
ICE doesnât vacate in a biden win
Sherrifs donât vacate in a biden win.
Cops donât vacate in a biden win.
ICE doesnât vacate in a biden win
there needs to be a plan. Biden needs to feel like he has no choice but to break left and to be really honest: I have zero confidence he can be shamed like that.
Heâs running on âcome on, man!& #39;
Heâs running on âcome on, man!& #39;
what is your plan if he says âcome on, man!â to a green new deal, medicare for all, defunding the police, etc etc etc.
Itâs not about one vote on one day
Itâs not about one vote on one day
in short, itâs going to be your patriotic duty to fuck shit up for politicians for the foreseeable future. fine, vote for grandpa with the better haircut, but know that itâs not the whole plan
sorry if you think this is negative or pessimistic but uhhhhhhhhhh I studied the history of propaganda with a focus on fascism as part of my degree. there is nothing new under the sun and the only thing that makes politics better for the most people is collective direct action
also as a person of german heritage and the way that weâre raised as a cultural artifact as a result: YOU NEED TO ALWAYS CONSIDER THE ABSOLUTE WORST CASE SCENARIO IN POLITICS BECAUSE NOT ONLY *COULD* IT HAPPEN, IT HAS HAPPENED AND THERE AREN& #39;T RESTRICTIONS ON IT HAPPENING AGAIN
you have to apply the same critical thinking to biden if heâs elected as you do to trump. That is not negotiable. If you vote in biden and then treat him like butter wouldnât melt, babies will still be imprisoned and raped by iCE
you cannot let democrats get away with one fucking thing should they take the White House, the house, the senate, etc. You cannot allow them to âwork withâ the enemy that you *just* definied as fascist. that is the point.
if youâre really anti fascist, then you cannot give fascists any quarter. You should be finding ways to fund and support local anti fascist orgs and activists and get involved yourself. voting is not inherently an anti fascist act.
Hitler was elected in a free election
Hitler was elected in a free election
given the right conditions, any elected official can be pushed into enacting fascist policies. There is nothing that prevents this except strong antifascist organization
no eyes can be taken off the ball! that means not in november, not ever. that is the duty we all have to each other
