post-woman:

So if we actually break down the whole “you need to vote to keep fascists out of power” narrative, we see several cases:

1) fascists are relatively weak / non-respectable and aren’t going to win (in this case there’s no more need to vote to keep them out of office)

2) fascists have just enough power where they have a real shot at winning but a leftist campaign could tip the scale and keep them out of office (rare, voting could actually have an effect in keeping fascists from.winning elections).

3) fascists are powerful enough that they’re going to win elections / can ignore the results and do what they want anyway.

Regardless of fascists winning or not, in all cases the state will continue to enact horrific policies hurling us faster and faster towards eco collapse and opposing it is urgent.

Regardless of fascists winning elections or not, they will continue to leverage their power on the streets, in business, as goverment advisers, etc. They will seek to grow to the point where elections don’t matter to them in the slightest. And voting campaigns won’t slow them down.

Regardless of fascists winning or not, without already being relatively powerful and/or popular, fascists won’t simply be able to enact their agenda. They need a class of enforcers (within the state or outside of it) more powerful than those who oppose them. If they have that they can do what they want. If they don’t they can’t.

Fascists running for office should be opposed, as all fascists should. But the goal shouldnt be to get 51% of voters to rally around a lesser evil. If fascists can move freely enough to organize electoral campaigns and Garner enough support to have a shot at winning, they’ve already crossed thresholds far more important than getting into office. And they will start winning elections.

Fight over those thresholds.

Fight to keep them from being able.to exist in public.

Fight to keep them from being seen as a reasonable option to consider.