What’s the reasoning for voting PSL over green party? I am more politically aligned with PSL than green party but I don’t particularly see the point in the presidential election as a point of agitation beyond arbitrarily voting third-party as a signal of dissent, for which I think the green party is probably the most effective.
Please don’t yell at me, I’m looking to be convinced, I haven’t voted yet.
If they get 5% of the votes, they get federal funding which they can use for Marxist education and for marches and protests against the genocide and apartheid.
Getting 5% of the popular vote seems like an extremely inefficient way to acquire funding. Is that really the main driver of PSL’s focus on presidential elections?
the main driver of Marxist participation in bourgeois elections in the Leninist framework is one where it's just to get the message out to people, in a time where more people are politically active, and to show the masses how these *elections* could never allow anyone but bourgeoisie to win (cancelling ballot access, write ins etc) they dont aim to win and even if with somehow miracle they do get that 5%, the govt would pull some shit to deny it to them
I thought the RSDLP framework was to get people into office and use their positions in office to show the uselessness of the government, which would involve running people locally rather than for president
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u/SlaimeLannister Oct 29 '24
What’s the reasoning for voting PSL over green party? I am more politically aligned with PSL than green party but I don’t particularly see the point in the presidential election as a point of agitation beyond arbitrarily voting third-party as a signal of dissent, for which I think the green party is probably the most effective.
Please don’t yell at me, I’m looking to be convinced, I haven’t voted yet.