anyway, obviously the existence of this sub just annoys people here and using a sub as an archive is frowned upon also, so go ahead and nuke it

So i'm just gonna say a few things, If this issue is me being MIA and not appointing other mods, okay that's a fair criticism, I should have been logging in/posting more, but I'm going to respond to a some other points.

The reason I chose this instance is because of the limited options available, aside from my personal affinities towards solarpunk, and reality is joining a US centric general instance would be more hostile towards this community because they are likely aligned with Biden Administration and liberalism. I don't get why this not being a US centric instance would be a problem on a federated network.

For the record I am an anarchist and my promotion of a third party candidate is as protest against the 2 party system -- particularly because they're the only candidate that advocates on behalf of Palestine -- for me at least it's the same of supporting someone like Vermin Supreme , obviously the guy isn't going to win, the point is subverting the election ( which is a totalitarian media spectacle) and utilizing it as means of propagating socialist ideas.

So i don't see how supporting a candidate who will definitely not win is reproducing hierarchical electoral politics, since doing so indicates the futility of electoral politics itself. That argument seems like an overly dogmatic misinterpretation of anarchist principles.

Hello, well it seems like a done decision, I did get pretty disillusioned with the candidate a while back figured I should keep the community up for simply Documenting the campaign, but it's not really worth the kind of hostility that every post brings, I could message people who are more active and see if they want to mod, but pretty the members on this instance don't want it here so

absolute bullshit, it burns more in carbon to run those machines than it takes out, this is making shit worse at an accelerated pace

I say wait for election day and flip a coin, that's basically how elections are determined, the arbitrary whims of the margin of people in swing states who go out to vote or not. You're individual vote does not make any difference in the absence of mass organized action, and the Democrats are terrified of exactly that kind of mass organization because otherwise they wouldn't be so secure in running corporate puppets like Biden.

If you wanna be realistic about it Voting in any state other than a swing state is basically 'throwing your vote away' : Vote Blue in a Blue State you're just throwing it in a pile, Vote Blue in a Red State it's just as much a symbolic protest vote as anything else. Only in a swing state will your Vote make a tangeable difference which is why those are the only states either party even campaigns in for the most part.

CW interview with Tim Black explaining his decision to break with Green Party

https://youtu.be/6LbXJlXW8bU

I totally agree, Dore is one of many pundits who have become very rich filling the void that would be filled by genuine working class leadership, instead he's a kind of simulacrum of opposition, and that's all this kind of 'populism' is which one moment claims to be anti-elite while at the next moment throwing marginalized people under the bus.

He himself is exactly the kind of Professional Managerial Class he rallies against and we see with his attacks on Cornel West, where he says that black or trans issues are 'divisive' or 'distractions' from his incredibly narrow notion of class, it reveals his complete acceptance of the dominant political pragmatism that enthusiastically throws inconventient groups like Palestinians under the bus when it's inconvenient.

I don't know how much Dore's popularity is organic or astro-turfed by right wing money but either way he's basically a sheep dog for the right, directing disillusioned left leaning people into the camp of white reaction.

on tavis smiley aug 28 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=igSqbv_hQZk

idk if the word was used, but they had him address the charge he would 'help trump'

i mean look at this, and this isn't just coming from the far left like myself, a lot of democratic insiders are hinting that maybe biden should step down https://nitter.net/pic/orig/media%2FF5bhA0_bsAAXenV.jpg

cool, also, if you want to download media from twitter or get a pure video link you can use this site https://twittervid.com/

He's polling neck and neck with Trump, that's all i should have to say

So proud of Cornel for calling out this class reductionist bullshit, these red brown grifters need to go, along with this whole advertising logic that we should compromise our principles to appeal to the most reactionary elements, rather than honestly telling the people what we stand for because it's the right thing to do

"I'm standing with the workers... but I'll never for a minute be silent when it comes to black people, indiginous people, gay brothers lesbian brothers or trans"

here's a nitter link https://nitter.net/ComptonMadeMe/status/1699558201463882049

great interview, just watched that, I've been really impressed with Status Coup News, they don't fall into a lot of the traps many left wing youtubers do

they can do both

interview with Status Coup September 7th 2023 https://youtu.be/DU0oSf9xf4U

I"m trying to find a good vid or summary of that interview, few free to upload if you find one

oh West Absolutely wipes the Floor with Dore, and now Krystal Ball is saying shit like West is a "threat to the left" When the psuedo left grifters start attacking you, you know you're doing something right

thanks, well i'm gonna come in and out of being active here, just kinda holding the torch