• Jentu@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    As a nonbinary person myself, you’d think trans people wouldn’t throw the entire global south under the bus to keep themselves (and by proxy, this system) safe and secure, but rather stand against the system that causes all this death. It’s no surprise that reaping the benefits of exported fascism will eventually bring that fascism home.

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      12 hours ago

      Voting for trump or not voting isn’t taking a stand, it’s watching the flames rise and refusing to fight the flames.

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        4 hours ago

        Voting is a tool the capitalists have provided to you because they know that either option will give them a win. I vote because local positions are important, but federal positions have been pre-approved by our abusers. If the ruling class has convinced you that voting is the most important action you can take to stop fascism, you’ve fallen for the exact propaganda they wanted you to believe. You don’t stop a house fire through politics- you throw water on the immediate problem. Direct action is responsible for nearly all of our civil rights gains we have made in this country.

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          1 hour ago

          I never said voting is the most important thing to do. Voting is the bare ass minimum. It’s (usually) easy and zero risk.

          Actual progress nearly always requires direct action. Women’s suffrage involved firebombs. Abolition took a whole ass war in the US and the new deal happened after strikes and outright war all over the continent.

          Voting is not sufficient it’s just the easiest possible way to give leadership information.