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Maybe you should watch it, then you don't have to ask such an ignorant question.
Sounds like you aren't clear on what that video is suggesting either. Why should I spend time to watch a video that no one seems to have understood?
I'm quite clear: electoral politics is merely a distraction for left/progressive forces. Rather, you should organize with your fellow exploited siblings and built opposing power structures from the bottom up.
He demands the opposite than wishful thinking, or "teleporting".
Is there a succinct way of articulating why we can't do both? (e.g. vote for the lesser evil while also doing all the mutual aid and whatnot that we can?) Does it boil down to the argument that voting makes people less likely to build said alternative power structures?
I'll watch the video when I have time, but communicating an actionable strategy I think is essential to folks in crisis.
You can, if you want to. Just don't waste your time on electoral politics.
Yes. Organizing is an actionable strategy.
Horses and water and drinking and whatnot