rhythmic-idealist:

autasticanna:

spyderqueen:

Seeing some people on Tumblr still bitching about how it’s too late for voting and the only thing that will fix things is revolution.

How about you fucking vote anyway? It’s not going to seriously cut into your “sitting on the couch waiting for a revolution to start” time.

There’s no “none of the above” option here. You want a revolution, fine, but there’s still little shit to do in the meantime.

You can vote AND protest. They’re not exclusive. Hell, you can even protest the person you voted for when they fuck up. You’re not signing a blood oath with your ballot. But a desire for an ideologically pure candidate or nothing only serves the status quo right now.

FUCKING VOTE YOU ASSHOLES.

If you don’t vote for reform in the process of your revolution, no matter what your political ideals are and how badly you want a revolution, people are going to suffer more in the meantime, and some people will die before we get there. None of your work is lost if you do both.

I know some people who are Indigenous to this land and genuinely can’t stand voting because it feels like legitimizing their colonizers, and…. that I get. I understand. But to the rest of you, and even to my Indigenous siblings, I’m saying loud and clear: we can do good now. You can do both. Pretending not to have a privilege doesn’t take it away, it just strips us of part of our ability to listen, use the power we have, and strive to pass that power down.