Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net to electoralism@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoUS citizen abroad — should I abstain, vote PSL, or spoil my ballot?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareUS citizen abroad — should I abstain, vote PSL, or spoil my ballot?Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net to electoralism@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
Ultimately even with an absentee ballot I would be voting from stolen land, so this is why I am hesitant.
minus-squareErika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months ago upward momentum is a good motivator. You mean that seeing that a socialist party is doing ever better in the polls creates motivation for socialists to keep fighting?
minus-squareCowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoIt’s just good for agitprop purposes, really, electoralism is worthless.
minus-squareErika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoYeah, I’m not exactly expecting any amount of voting to actually meaningfully change the trajectory of the USA’s immediate future.
You mean that seeing that a socialist party is doing ever better in the polls creates motivation for socialists to keep fighting?
It’s just good for agitprop purposes, really, electoralism is worthless.
Yeah, I’m not exactly expecting any amount of voting to actually meaningfully change the trajectory of the USA’s immediate future.