left-reminders:

@peteseeger and others have talked about this topic at length already, but I just wanted to reiterate again that voting Democrat is not going to save us from a capitalist apocalypse. To the liberals reading this, most leftist posts advocating politics beyond electoral politics are not saying “don’t vote”. Yes, you should vote if you are able to and it should be understood as damage control for getting Republicans out of office. But you need to understand that it’s still just a slight time-staller for fascism and climate catastrophe. We only have 12 short years before the worst effects of climate change become irreversible, and any long-term proposals that only include voting Democrat are doomed to failure; Democrats are still capitalist, still imperialist, still driven by the same fundamental engine that got us into this mess. We need to start thinking outside the box of capitalist liberal democracy and start building a new world that actually works for everyone. Ecosocialism is the only viable long-term solution, guys. Democrats will not be our saviors.

(And just so we’re clear and so that this post isn’t misunderstood and hijacked by Rock The Vote types: YES, VOTE. Vote Republicans out of office. Then actively resist the subsequent Democrat establishment with your demands for a better world.)