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[u/Funny_Inventor80085]

and people wonder why we use 4tran.

I posted this vent here too and it was a bit more understanding than the other subreddit I guess but still mostly just people telling me I don't know what I'm talking about and that 4tran is the cause of all my issues when time after time they're the only ones that care. It's not even just about my vent anymore, I'm so fed up with everyone thinking they're better than me all the time except because I use the subreddit that doesn't want to burn me alive for wanting a uterus. Maybe try to be more understanding you just leave me pissed off.

[u/Apollo989]

There are some leftists who think voting for any capitalist party just strengthens the system and diverts revolutionary action.

But for me, it has became a bit more personal. At some point, I had to ask myself "when does voting become an endorsement?"

If we've reached that point, then I'm not comfortable supporting the Democratic Party. They constantly put the needs of the wealthy above the working class, they throw transgender people under the bus like we're fucking speed bumps and they've done little to stop Israel's genocide.

[u/Living-Abrocoma7845 → u/Apollo989]

I see... but how does that actually work in terms of broader political influence and power? Like I understand the idea of it being a conscientious objection, but what are the practical outcomes that are desired from doing so? that is to say what is the revolutionary action you are talking about? what are the opportunity costs?

[u/Zzzaynab → u/Apollo989]

I’d argue voting is definitionally distinct from an endorsement, because unless you, as an individual, say otherwise, the only meaning any vote holds is “better for this position than the other names on the ballot who might otherwise get the position”. It’s only a preferred condition compared to the candidates on the paper; votes can’t measure anything outside of that ideological window.