In my view any form of elective democracy ultimately undermines peoples own self-actualization. By having voting be the "thing you do to make the country work" it removes all individual responsibility for the state of the society and allows powerful people to manipulate the uneducated masses to their whims. Ultimately leading to fascism.
Are you aiming to have 350 million self proclaimed kings that do as they dam will please and think you will be able to have a functioning society with functioning infrastructure and functioning services?
I was liking you until I saw this meme. I was about to subscribe to anaval.
I’m an anarchist and think we should seek to destroy the state. I also think it matters that while the state exists we should make it so that the least people possible suffer. By not voting, you are contributing to immense suffering.
If you look at the other comments in the thread you will see this image. I made it in response to some others in this thread and shows my viewpoint on the topic.
Please still consider subscribing. If you disagree I'd rather you post about it than stay silent. Fuel some interesting discussion. I'd really appreciate it. Especially if you bring some interesting anarchic ideas on the table.
Lol! Being an "anarchist" these days means you are a Democrat that likes to cosplay.
You guys have lost the fucking plot.
Honestly, I want Trump to win, it might actually kick some of the actual anarchists out of complacency.
I wanted him to win in 2016 because I wanted to see the system implode. IT DID! At least it started to. Then you all complained about it! And still are!
Ah yes. Accelerationism. Reach rock bottom in the hopes it will get people to move themselves. I have played around with the idea but in the end having a state that is hostile to anarchist movements will be a lot harder to organize under than a state that does not care.
Oppression is a good motivator for revolutionary action but it also inhibits it. I think the trade off is not worth it. The "kick out of complacency" will be offset by "being arrested by the fascist state". And the only the actual anarchists and other anti-fascists will be encouraged by oppression. Everyone else will be too afraid to join.