Accurate, but don’t ever let this fool you into thinking voting doesn’t matter.
Voting isn’t about picking who you like (or worse, who you imagine likes you); it’s about picking your opponent. Public pressure matters. We’ve seen that time and time again. If you think it doesn’t, you’re ignoring history. It’s just a question of how much public pressure is needed; a letter writing campaign, or a general strike.
What voting does is set the stage for how effective your public pressure will be. And how effective the public pressure of the people working against you will be.
You’re better off fighting a government that is reticent about your concerns than one that is actively hostile to them. And sometimes your best bet is simply the government that won’t actively make things too much worse while you work on building the movement that can make them better.
Voting is only one weapon in your arsenal, but you’d be a fool to go into a battle for your survival with anything less than every weapon you can get your hands on.
Accurate, but don’t ever let this fool you into thinking voting doesn’t matter.
Voting isn’t about picking who you like (or worse, who you imagine likes you); it’s about picking your opponent. Public pressure matters. We’ve seen that time and time again. If you think it doesn’t, you’re ignoring history. It’s just a question of how much public pressure is needed; a letter writing campaign, or a general strike.
What voting does is set the stage for how effective your public pressure will be. And how effective the public pressure of the people working against you will be.
You’re better off fighting a government that is reticent about your concerns than one that is actively hostile to them. And sometimes your best bet is simply the government that won’t actively make things too much worse while you work on building the movement that can make them better.
Voting is only one weapon in your arsenal, but you’d be a fool to go into a battle for your survival with anything less than every weapon you can get your hands on.