I know it sounds like I’m feeding into some Doomer vibe, or like I’m giving up. I’m not, I will absolutely continue going to food drives and joining the occasional protest if I can, but my serious question I’ve been kinda struggling with is whether registration for voting is even worth it? I mean in my area there aren’t really 3rd parties, just a bunch of Jackass Democrats and Greedy Republicans yelling about how they’re more American. I suppose there are some referendums, but nothing that really helps people especially. I remember in 2016(I was a lib) I had told a friend that not voting creates a more dangerous situation for POC and LGBTQIA people that we know personally. The fucked up thing about what I said is that it kinda ignores the sad reality that Democrats often toss aside these groups as sacrifices for a few more votes. So Idk how to proceed. My potential vote for a Dem governor will make me feel worse than when I voted for Biden bc I know better. I can tell myself that I genuinely didn’t know better when I voted for Biden, I was a Dem who was willing to do anything to beat the Far Right, and I got what I wanted, just not what I expected. Sorry for the long Body Text, but as a USA comrade in a strongly Blue State, is voting worth anything? Thank you.
This may get downvoted to hell but i’m cool with that. I think it’s worth taking an hour every couple years to get a mail-in ballot, vote for the least fashy people available, throw the thing in the mail and then completely ignoring bourguoise “democracy” for the next 2 years. Yeah, I voted for Biden. I spent less time on it in a year than I spent watching any given shitty Netflix series. It’s not revolutionary, but I think it’s worth the absolute minimum, as long as I put a lot more effort into actual revolution.
Put another way: you’re a grownup and you don’t need to justify your actions to other people if you’re focused on building a better world for everyone.
That’s what I think too mostly. No lie in my mind it’s a match of mental tennis going back and forth with “just vote for 20 min and you’re done for 2 yrs” and “those 20 minutes do nothing.” Ultimately I’m not a statesman, nobody is analyzing why I voted for X and if I did it for Y reason. I figure that as bad as the shitty person I vote for is, it’s like 20 minutes of filling out stuff related to politics(which I’m addicted to already) and if I can vote for a socialist leaning candidate then I most likely will just to show symbolic support and if the party receives enough support, they get more gov funding.But if it’s a Pelosi vs Republican scenario (I don’t live in CA so that’s not my case luckily) then I won’t vote.