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[–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

There would be little point of having any interest in politics if this was true.

I beg to differ. The Climate is Changing, we need to pump the breaks on that. On the Concentration Camps. On everything we see.

Acknowledging the Accelerationists are in power is not the same thing as siding with them.

Incorrectly assuming there is nothing we can do lets the fascists win.

Agreed. But assuming that the only thing we can do is Vote? Is just as useless. Go actually help a person today.

Everyone should have voted for Harris in the last election.

Agreed. And the Party should have let Bernie win the 2016 Primary. But continuing to talk about them as though they are current day issues is as absurd as pretending Trump is some kind of Populist.

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.

Have you actually read "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn? Or are you just referencing Grade School fairy tales with "what America got right"?

I'm worried that by "refusing to cede cultural capital" that all you're doing is cosigning the same roots of fascism that made Trump inevitable.

I'm worried you're not prepared to actually address the criticisms of people actually harmed without tone policing the critique like you're a Kamala staffer, and find it escalate from there:

https://www.therednation.org/the-red-nation-podcast-3/

This is why the indigenous didn't swing for Kamala, by the way.

But the only way socialists candidates can even win an election is for people to fill out ballots.

Sure, I'll vote. Again. But whether I come alone or with friends depends on whether the party allows a platform worth voting for.