Dessalines@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoThe history of electoralismlemmy.mlimagemessage-square142linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe history of electoralismlemmy.mlDessalines@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square142linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYou’re giving the liberals too much credit by saying they admit that electoralism has never worked. The liberal position is not only that electoralism works but that it is the only thing that works.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoLiberals believe electoralism doesn’t work because not enough people believe in it and we can fix it by voting harder.
minus-squarechgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoActually existing electoralism Real electoralism has never been tried before
minus-squarechgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoFor many liberals having elections is the highest political priority.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThere’s a split in liberalism, between true believers and those disillusioned but who can’t see a way out. I believe the latter are more common these days, and are the target of the meme.
minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoTrue. After years of letdowns, some might accept that electoralism is a rigged game, but then the next generation completely forgets everything. And for all of them, the socialist road is demonized and kept hidden, so no alternative seems possible.
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoObviously, the problem is with the voters, not the system
You’re giving the liberals too much credit by saying they admit that electoralism has never worked.
The liberal position is not only that electoralism works but that it is the only thing that works.
Liberals believe electoralism doesn’t work because not enough people believe in it and we can fix it by voting harder.
Actually existing electoralism
Real electoralism has never been tried before
For many liberals having elections is the highest political priority.
There’s a split in liberalism, between true believers and those disillusioned but who can’t see a way out. I believe the latter are more common these days, and are the target of the meme.
True. After years of letdowns, some might accept that electoralism is a rigged game, but then the next generation completely forgets everything.
And for all of them, the socialist road is demonized and kept hidden, so no alternative seems possible.
Obviously, the problem is with the voters, not the system