But I was told you can’t vote your way out of authoritarianism by internet chuds who have no plans on fighting.
Hungary isn’t out of authoritarianism any more than america was from 2020-2024 and Magyar is even more racist than Biden and thats a high bar.
The electoral college makes that extremely difficult.
Hmm. Sounds familiar.
They want. to prove you wrong by not voting.
There’s definitely a point where you can’t. The analysis I’ve read was that if Orban won this election, it would have been the last election.
Now, there’s still hope for the USA, and of course we should hope for the best, but it would be irresponsible to not prepare for the worst.
Our leaders are so completely compromised by the ruling class. We have got so much work to do to tackle this issue. The New Deal didn’t go far enough, someone more radical than FDR is needed. I have my doubts that electoralism will be sufficient.
Organize, protest and elect. Emphasis on organize and protest.
- Get as involved as you can with activist efforts locally.
- Organize, network, focus on building solidarity. Join or form a union. Join the IWW.
- Vote at primaries and elections for the best candidate, even if you doubt they can win.
- Don’t punch down.
- Don’t punch left.
- Educate yourself, politically.
- Push for voting reform and for anything that breaks the two-party system
Does “don’t punch left” mean you can punch anyone slightly to your right?
If not, what if you paint everyone to your right as Nazis and Nazi sympathizers?
No, it means you centralise before you swing. That requires some empathy.
It means that the focus of our criticism should be against the right, rather than those on the left.
It is an encouragement for those on the left to put aside our disagreements about how we can reach the better future we are all fighting for, and instead fight those who want to silence and oppress us, and those who put the interests of the ruling class before the needs of the working class.
- Eat more billionaires
The thing is, billionaires are a symptom of a larger problem. Of course, to alleviate our suffering, the treatment of symptoms is necessary, but we also need to address the root cause of the problem: unjustified hierarchies, the centralization of power, and capitalism itself.
Magyar given his racism and corruption is also “illiberal if that means anything”.
