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  • DessertStorms@kbin.social
    45·
    5 months ago

    We don’t all have the privilege of even the pretence of “choice”, and have tory or red tory to “choose” from, and I refuse to give my vote to either.

    I also think that voting none looks far more serious at this point than voting for a small party that is only standing in a handful of constituencies if that, and who are mostly perceived as a bit of a joke (and should be, because they will never be allowed any power by the existing institution, and will never change that by playing within its rules).

    The media will twist anything and everything against the left, no matter what we do, it’s literally what it exist for - to uphold the status quo. Using that to discourage people from voicing their refusal to participate in this bogus system serves the same purpose.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
      141·
      5 months ago

      My response to that would be labour will be a hell of a lot better than any other realistic option.

      The ship is sinking and you’re complaining about the quality of the lifeboat. Sure it might not be the best lifeboat in the world, but it’s the only lifeboat currently attached to the sinking ship, so it’s really the only one worth talking about.

    • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
      91·
      5 months ago

      Voting for a small party is effective in that it shows their policies are popular. Brexit basically happened to try and steal votes from UKIP to Conservative. Voting for a small party, even if it’s unsuccessful, is definitely effective and more worthwhile than spoiling. Nobody knows how to please spoilers, but the likes of Labour could figure out how to steal green voters, etc.

    • squid_slime@lemm.ee
      2·
      5 months ago

      I understand completely tbf. And the leftist party’s are very much splintered. My thought though is get benches, make small changes and hope the general public notice the leftist officials campaigning for real change.

      Also funding your party and being a member, running stalls is very helpful.