The issue the meme is decrying: that the political landscape and discourse is shifting to the right.

How often do I need to repeat that I don’t know how to explain it to you?

As I said: it’s a systemic issue. I don’t know how to explain that to you.

I don’t know how to explain to you that the issues we’re facing are systemic and don’t depend on the “right” individual being a leader.

You’re “buying” that elections make organizing easier. Just like Homer is buying that a rock can keep tigers away.

It suggests that people need to vote for progressive change and that congludes their options to enact power on the system.

How does voting for the lesser evil suggest that it’s sufficient for progressive change?

I said advocatingy for voting…

Did you watch the video? The rock that keeps tigers away is like voting that makes organizing easier.

Politicians react to organized mass movements, rather than elections. You got it backwards.

Because it suggests that it’s sufficient for progressive change.

I think I have a rock that keeps tigers away to sell you

Because it doesn’t prevent anything.

Pretty much. Since electoralism is inconsequential for progressive change: vote if you want.

Advocating voting for a lesser evil could be considered harmful, though.

Is there a succinct way of articulating why we can’t do both?

You can, if you want to. Just don’t waste your time on electoral politics.

but communicating an actionable strategy I think is essential to folks in crisis.

Yes. Organizing is an actionable strategy.

So your solution is defeatism?

A bold strategy, let’s see how it pays off. /s

I’m not arguing against voting. I’m claiming that it’s not a valid strategy. You can partake, if you really want to.

I’m quite clear: electoral politics is merely a distraction for left/progressive forces. Rather, you should organize with your fellow exploited siblings and built opposing power structures from the bottom up.

He demands the opposite than wishful thinking, or “teleporting”.

Maybe you should watch it, then you don’t have to ask such an ignorant question.

I don’t think you got the main point of the video. Not only “large” change needs these efforts. Any progressive change does. As soon as there is no pressure by mass movements, politicians will drift to strengthen their power, which means moving to the right.

This video goes into why some radical leftists think that voting doesn’t really matter, or could even be considered harmful.

Homie, the Democraes right now are pretty much as much on the political right as the republicans were in the 90s.

Smugly claiming “that’s not how this works” isn’t as good a point as you think it is.

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