Not Voting (in your election)- Made a community

x_cell , 3 months ago

Am anarchist and never voted. I see voting as a very ineffective action at best.

With that being said, I don't vote because I have better shit to do. Not out of some principle or belief that I'm doing something effective by not voting.

I'm against taking part in a community based around refusal to vote, because the point of not voting should be passive. It should be "I'm already doing a lot of other more important shit to fight the State so why bother?" And not "I don't vote therefore I am having an impact".

Just like voting is damn near useless, organizing and campaigning around not voting is also pretty meh.

Edit: OP isn't doing a false flag. That's a pretty common view among anarchists. Especially offline.

LibertyLizard , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

I personally think voting is worth doing, particularly because it’s one of the few controls on society that most people have easy access to and doesn’t need to compete with other important tasks. I find for me that it is also good reminder to learn about and pay attention to the local political scene and issues which can be often forgotten in the deluge of national political news.

That said, I largely agree that other actions can have a much bigger impact. But if voting is said to be a waste of time, surely all of this time spent arguing about the topic is also wasted. Even though I didn’t totally agree, I think the pinned post is a good take: vote (or not) as you feel, but let’s focus on the actions that actually matter which I think we mostly all agree on. Right now that is primarily educating and organizing with our communities.

GrammatonCleric , 3 months ago

Nice false flag op

punkisundead OP Mod , 3 months ago

You are the second person I see in a few days that alludes to conspiracy theories when anti voting positions get mentioned in anarchist circles. Would a discussion between us about that even be worth it? We seem to have very different views about that.

Nice false flag op

And just wondering in general, is calling someones actions a false flag in line with the discussion culture slrpnk.net wants to see?