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Which ceasefire candidate should I vote for? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know voting by itself cannot bring about change. However the right person in the right position, who is supported by the people, would have a legitimacy that revolutions often lack. The establishment candidates won't even debate, how can they be considered legitimate.

How am I suppose to choose between the three hopefuls I actually like though?

Jill Stein seems like she has the best chance to win, but I don't know if she is revolutionary enough.

Cornel West seems like he might actually be able to kick off a revolution, but I don't know if he could win.

Claudia de la Cruz seems amazing but is still very much a bit of an unknown.

Am I just suppose to roll the dice here? I think I could vote for any of these three with a clear conscience, but my favorite depends so much on the day.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

PSL, afaik, is the only one with the right grounding or close to it, but I would say take it with a grain of salt as something to support for helping with educating, agitating, and organizing.

The vote itself probably isn't going to mean much. It's more about how you can reach people through the process, like how some were educated through activists in the orbit of Bernie's campaign, even if the man himself was only a reformist. But also, don't just support a candidate uncritically if they are partly what you want and fail on the basics of anti-imperialism and such. Instead, use it as an opportunity to talk to people about what they're saying that is helpful and what they're saying that is off.