[lbo-talk] the antiwar student vote

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Tue Jul 29 15:05:00 PDT 2003


Matthew Snyder wrote:


> Chuck0 writes:


> Is there no difference between "pointless electoralism" and the simple act of
> casting a ballot?
>
> There's certainly almost no time at all spent on the actual act of
> voting, but it sounds to me like you're using this notion of
> destroyed momentum and wasted time to justify not voting.
>
> Often (at least in some states) there are ballot questions pertaining
> to funding, for example, that aren't directly "electoral" in the sense
> you're using the word. Does caring about the answer to one of those
> questions enough to go answer it also "destroy momentum"?

The reasons why anarchists don't vote are many. Let me provide a few links.

http://www.infoshop.org/faq/ http://www.infoshop.org/voting.html

Chuck0



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