- cross-posted to:
- libertyhub@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- cross-posted to:
- libertyhub@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
cross-posted from: https://suppo.fi/post/2818467
From the Finnish comic strip Fingerpori by Pertti Jarla, translated by me. Original:
What doesn’t make sense is that unless you’ve tried to change it from the outside, and your taking real risks on the inside, you can’t make changes and stay “inside”.
Voting against the Facist? Outside. Protesting? Outside. Advocating for legislation to protect the outside groups? Outside.
Reallocating funds from inside groups to outside groups? Changing from the inside. Disobeying direct orders, or purposefully making decisions that weaken the group? Changing from the inside. Sabatoging ammunition manufacturer? Changing from the inside.
You can either be on the outside to make change or risk your life on the inside. Otherwise, you support them. Unlike many things, it is a black and white thing.
I always thought of change from the inside as gaining their trust, pretending to be one of them. With that trust, gain power. With that power snag the highest office. In that office, drop the curtain and make good on the investment.
From my experience they beliece that a vote cast comes with a bunch of subtext that the people who now have the power will actually care about. So they are ok with gay people and the homophobe they just voted in better be careful!