CrimethInc. Ex-Workers on Nostr: The fact that an aspiring autocrat has won an election does not oblige us to submit ...
The fact that an aspiring autocrat has won an election does not oblige us to submit to him. No one should excuse being complicit in tyranny on the grounds that other people voted for it.
https://crimethinc.com/democracyPeople will scribble in a box for any number of reasons—misinformation, advertising, bigotry, fantasies of power—regardless of whether it is actually in their best interests. But what we do every day determines what kind of society we live in.
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