Friday, September 03, 2004
Anarchists Against John Kerry (and the electoral politics system!)
originally published at http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/09/1694269.php
Has anyone else out there had it up to here with this ridiculous "John Kerry will be miles better than Bush" bullshit?
Ok, I have absolutely had it. I didn't go to NYC for a variety of reasons. One was that I hadn't recovered from the "reactionist" mobilization that I took off a week of work for earlier this year- how many things can you be reacting to all the time? I stayed home and gardened and worked on other local projects. Ok, I didn't get that much done because I was so busy following what was going on in New York...
But anyhow, this "anyone but Bush" shit has gotten out of control. Kerry is NOT that much better than Bush! (see http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=2255&category_id=45 and http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=2254&category_id=29, for example)
So what happens if Kerry wins, then the democrats and the greens and all those people who set their politics aside for a few months to elect him, and then, as they plan to do now, they have to try to hold him to their politics? It's all so gross. I mean, isn't Bush bringing the troops home so he can use them on us the day after the election, and then Kerry can use them on us next year?
Another thing: people seem to be putting all their eggs in one basket- the democratic process. Hello, American democracy is on a downward spiral! It is in its worst crisis ever, judging by the problems they had in Florida and the fact that people are trying to have election monitors in as many places as possible this fall (http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=2395&category_id=45, for example)...
So okay, you want to vote in someone better. Well, just in case that doesn't work, we should try to figure out some other ways to live our lives so we can get by when the price of oil and water skyrocket in coming times...riding bikes and public transit more, growing more of our own food, organizing our communities so we can deal with problems that come up, learning about "alternative medicine..."
What do YOU think about all of this?
