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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If a huge group of people had the discipline to consume less, they could do even more good by not voting for Capitalists every election. Then they could have their cake and eat it too.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I am assuming a theoretical world where we have millions of people dedicated to mass action. In that world if those people were committed to not voting for Dems or Republicans and instead voting for any of the various socialist candidates at every governmental level, we would have a fully socialist (albeit different flavors of socialism) society in 6 years.

    Obviously this is fantasy as people are not a collective, and passive participation in society results in "lesser of two evils" voting behavior and neuters any potential boycott pressure. Thus the status quo is propagated.

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