• PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml
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    4 hours ago

    For me it’s that anarchists are moral purists which often dont align with a leftist slightly less radical or outside of their worldview, in a society that will likely never accept anarchism.

    I believe in leftism now, as opposed to “not voting because voting means you believe in people ruling over you.” Which is the summary of many anarchists have told me.

    Other than that I dont mind anarchists, but if we want change, participating in current society by voting and organizing now is the only way.

    • lumpenproletariat@quokk.auOPM
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      3 hours ago

      Gonna be honest, you sound more like a liberal, not a leftist. Liberals are not left, no matter how much they like to think they are.

      Even communists aren’t electoralists who believe voting will bring about the revolution. And as any leftist would tell you, voting and especially campaigning is a waste of time and energy that could be better spent elsewhere.

      If you want to spend 20 minutes in line to “harm minimise” or whatever fantasy you think it achieves go for it, no one is going to care. If you want to promote voting as a solution, that’s where leftists have an issue.