I have heard a little bit about “There might be trouble with the upcoming election” here in the United $$$tateϟϟ of amriKKKa. I heard the teensiest bit of chatter and ignored it because libs are going to lib. But then I saw a community group I’ve been volunteering with, fairly anarchist (I’m such a strong believer in Democratic Centralism that I will do as the anarchists do if I’m working with them and am overruled, but also I’m already seeing the flaws of a lack of centralization wow), talking about it too and if our space can be used as a hub if things go south on election night and it got a lot of positive response. I’m so confused. Why are people acting like old donny might do a coup about a midterm election when he’s already in office? Why are supposed radicals giving any shits about a “peaceful transfer of power”? Why would we care if the RNazis peacefully transfer power to the DNazis? I say let them fight. They won’t actually fight, because they’re allies and both love to work together when it comes to slaughtering the racialized oppressed people of the world.
The fear about whether there will be a “peaceful transfer of power” on election night reeks of liberal conspiracy theory mongering so that liberals can pretend they are the victims and pretend that they are the revolutionary underdogs when they are, again, as we have all seen, literally fucking nazis who are happy to slaughter west asians in occupied Palestine for the sake of the European zionist settler colony. Liberals can’t pretend to be oppressed or in fear of being oppressed by the Republicans when they spent over a year committing genocide. They’re acting like US elections are sacrosanct, like they’re some holy idol that must be protected and if they aren’t then we’re doomed. News flash: the elections don’t matter; America will still be fascist if the DemoKKKratic Nazi Party gains a majority over the RepubliKKKan Nazi Party.
Why are any radical organizations pretending this matters? Why should I give a shit?
Have you considered starting a petition for a violent transfer of power?
I am a violent transfem of power
Have you considered starting a petition for more violent transfems of power?
Now that’s a petition I support
1 of me ismore than enough
We have “rapid response” networks, doing voting registration and poll watching. What’s happening I believe is, progressive Democrats can see that “VOTE” is not working, but lack the analytical tools to understand why. This guides their desire to get engaged with something that feels very tangible, toward misguided action: they play dress up. They mask their progressive VOTE project in Signal chats and overblown infosec, and call it ‘mutual aid’. Best case scenario they’re doing a mini No Kings to NIMBY an ICE detention center. Worst case scenario they’re enabling Democrats and a Zionist project and misdirecting actual revolutionary work toward reformist, or even reactionary, nonsense.
It will work. The Democracts will get their projected landslide victory. People doing this larp about protecting the integrity of the process will feel self-assured. Nothing will change.
is it violent if they get due process before being hanged?
Imagine giving a shit about the midterm elections. Normal people barely care about the presidential election and are vaguely aware that the midterm election are even a thing.
My feeling is, libs see the institutional strength of the American political system as being way weaker than it actually is. Particularly in this, if the standards and norms, people voting hard enough rituals aren’t followed, the whole system will collapse overnight. I think it’s because they want to see their shibboleths as having more power than they actually have.
As far as radical groups buying into it, there’s plenty of leftists who are eager to see the contradictions in capitalism come to a breaking point, and then comes the weeks where decades happen. So they’re prone to buying into the moment they’ve been waiting for coming true.
