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Or someone who will have you arrested vs merely ignore you.
Or kill your friends in a death camp
Versus simply letting your friends go homeless to die on the street because they couldn't afford their basic necessities.
Either way, innocent people are dying because the system continues unabated.
I don't understand people who would lay down their vote in some kind of "protest". It's like saying "It'll be cloudy with a high probability of rain. Welp, I'm bringing only my swimsuit made of paper." Actively not participating and thus allowing further harm. Such bullshit.
Yea. Engaging within the electoralist system under capitalism is always going to be a choice of "be oppressed with a smile" or "be oppressed with an iron fist"
Either way you're still being oppressed so maybe we should be focusing our efforts on stopping the oppression instead of picking the best oppressor.
Vote or don't, I really don't give a shit. It makes little difference. What I care about is how people are trying to organize their local communities to engage in mutual aid or defense that actually materially helps those in said communities.
I find voting worthwhile primarily because it's a good excuse to pay closer attention and educate yourself about what's happening, especially in local politics. But I agree that political change will require extra-electoral tactics.