A: do both. cut the fuel line. break windows. put oatmeal in the gas tank. but maybe your efforts don’t succeed this election cycle. and if so don’t fucking throw away your vote if it can help your neighbors fucking survive. “harm reduction” is not a political strategy for action. it is a last minute, end of the line decision to save lives, after all other resources have been exhausted.

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[–] Hildegarde 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is a good metaphor on voting. You are not the driver, you are a passenger. Your choices cannot change the route.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

I love all the any means necessary people, like just vote for 5 seconds and get the damned ice cream. You don’t need to sabotage the bus, just act civilly inside the bus

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Voting IMO is more like choose between a cliff and a deep pit . A failure is guaranteed, try to minimize the fall.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

political power is when you assure your leaders that there is nothing they could do to lose your vote short of fucking your mom and even then you would have to consider whether the other guy would fuck your mom worse

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

except the options are: 1- going off a cliff and 2- going off a cliff

[–] BallsandBayonets 9 points 9 months ago

Going off a cliff or going off a cliff but they'll put some nice tunes on the radio while we die.

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[–] ezmac 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Nah, it’s the difference between a grassy cliff, and a muddy one. Doesn’t matter, still a fucking cliff.

To extrapolate your metaphor, I will vote, but for a third option: a dirt road. Yea I’ll be in the minority, but we are all good as dead anyway since everyone else including my state reps believe one cliff or the other is the path to Valhalla.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean, even in your example, yes it does matter. They're both terrible choices, but the muddy cliff is likely to provide a softer, more survivable landing than the grassy one.