I decided in June that I wasn’t going to vote in the US election. I’m new to communism and it took me a while to fully understand why some communists were going to vote, but I think I now understand the Lenin quote about voting for a socialist party. However, I personally am still not planning on voting, not even for PSL. (I have mixed feelings about the PSL—nothing against La Riva personally). But as election day approaches, while I still plan on not voting, I'm starting to feel like maybe I'm missing something, or doing something wrong.I know that it probably doesn't matter all that much. However, I see so many people on this sub tell other people to vote for La or say that they’re going to vote for La Riva (to clarify, there is literally nothing wrong with voting for her/saying you will—it’s just that every comment on a “communists’ thoughts on voting?” thread is “I’m voting for La Riva/you should vote for La Riva" and I have only seen a few people say that they also aren't going to vote, so it makes me think). I just read a post saying that the most correct thing for a communist to do is vote for her instead of abstaining from voting. I guess what I'm asking here is--is there a reason so many other communists are pushing people to go vote? Am I misinformed/mistaken? Is the fact that I'm starting to feel guilty for planning on not voting proof that I'm stuck in my liberal ways? (I'm probably just thinking about this too much, lol.)This is a genuine concern of mine, and any and all answers to the questions I asked are appreciated, thanks. via /r/communism https://ift.tt/3mNQoY4
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