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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Mostly agree, but as someone disabled and unable to work, so fully reliant on the state for survival, I find minimising voting / both sides are evil rhetoric is terrifying.

It takes one very good election for the GOP, for me to become homeless, due to their proposes benefit cuts, and if I’m homeless I die. I’m severely immunodeficient and bedridden.

[–] scarabine@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, voting is something that gets completely recharacterized when you think about it through the lens of harm reduction vs ideal broadcasting. (And, bluntly, for anyone reading this who might disagree: Since votes are private, they don’t cast ideals anyway.)

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Damn that’s scary. Best of luck to you. But I still think your interests are best defended by grass-roots organizing. Of course my whole point is that this strategy is completely compatible with voting, so we need to do that as well.