☭ Parabola ☭ @lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWhen Your Rulers Ignore Voters But Are Terrified Of Protesters, That Tells You Somethingcaitlinjohnstone.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down117cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squaresexy_peach@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down13·2 months ago“earn your vote”. That’s not how democracy works. Even in a workers council voting will suck and be a matter of lesser bad.
minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoService guarantees citizenship! Would you like to know more?
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agowe’re getting a little bit past the point of them being just the lesser bad though. both sides are genocidal. where is the line where we stop accepting it?
minus-squaresexy_peach@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoWe should never “accept” bad outcomes, not even in a workers council. But still use it to push for the best outcome, fight the bad outcome as well.
“earn your vote”. That’s not how democracy works. Even in a workers council voting will suck and be a matter of lesser bad.
False dichotomy.
wdym?
Service guarantees citizenship! Would you like to know more?
we’re getting a little bit past the point of them being just the lesser bad though. both sides are genocidal.
where is the line where we stop accepting it?
We should never “accept” bad outcomes, not even in a workers council. But still use it to push for the best outcome, fight the bad outcome as well.
thats why he has to earn his vote