EcoMaowist [she/her]

Hexbear’s resident transbian autism creature trans-vegan

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  • I know that they probably know they have no chance of winning, but there seems to be so much effort go get on the ballot, which is using resources that (again, my opinion) I feel could be better used otherwise. I believe they have good social media outreach (though I’m not on anything else but Hexbear, so someone correct me if I’m wrong), but they could be doing more with how much it costs to run a campaign and get on the ballot in the first place. Now I won’t pretend I know what else they do, as it’s hard to tell, and no investigation no right to speak, but it really does make me anxious, as history proves that electoral parties tend to de-radicalize in pursuit of votes, and I don’t believe PSL would be an exception, even if it was to spread communist/socialist messages. I may be completely wrong on this, but I only see their electoral campaigning, and I saw them at a protest. Like I said, I’m not on social media, so I don’t know if they try to educate people overall, but their effort right now seems to be on the electoral campaign and getting on the ballots for different states. I have also heard from others that they tend to go to protests, speak on socialism, market their candidates, and then leave. Many people seem to have better experiences with, and prefer, the presence of DSA overall (this did not seem to be dependent on if they were more radical members or not, and how radical the orgs were did not seem to be a factor). Again I am not sure and I have not seen any of this myself, but it does leave an impression on me (and probably others) when I am actively looking into an org to join. This is all based on my own personal experience and research, and as of right now I feel like my time would be much better spent in DSA, as long as my local chapter aren’t straight-up AOC liberals.

    I want PSL to succeed, but I have a hard time believing that they will. Pushing themselves as a party to elect seems like an idea that could work in the short term until they fade into obscurity for another 4 years. It’s one that I feel could possibly result in some temporary fame or success, but one that would quickly fall flat as soon as the election ended, and they no longer aggressively pushed messaging with the lack of a platform to do so.