You can't vote your way out of this mess! – Garland Nixon & Joti Brar, ep 64-edited by Proletarian Radio published on 2026-08-15T13:12:42Z Proletarian TV | 31 July 2026 Reproduced from @garlandn with thanks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy0tAp0izYM This week Joti Brar spoke with Garland Nixon about why it is that we can't vote our way out of the mess we're in. As unprecedented numbers of workers in the west become increasingly cynical towards the system, its politicians and its media mouthpieces, the ruling class is working overtime to misdirect our distrust and to encourage us to extend our cynicism towards ourselves. If we don't believe in them, we should also not believe in ourselves as a force capable of achieving anything. Garland and Joti discuss various strategies in use by the ruling financial oligarchy to keep our attention diverted and our energies midirected, including: 1. Presenting us with a 'new' / 'nicer' leader for the system every few years (when anger at the status quo is reaching boiling point, blame somebody in 'high office' and replace them, have him/her make a bunch of promises, rinse and repeat. 2. Making sure the leaders not only of mainstream parties but also of working-class organisations of resistance (trade unions, antiwar organisations etc) are always working to maintain the status quo. 3. Creating fake 'protest' organisations through which to channel activity and make sure it remains harmless to their rule (a plethora of astroturfed opposition movements makes clear the ruling class's desire to channel and manage our dissent). 4. Redoubling their efforts to pipe anticommunist prejudice into the minds of the workers – through mainstream politicians, through our own movement's tame leadership, through history books and through conspiracy/alternative media, both 'right' and 'left'. Essentially, we are being cajoled and pressured into remaining inactive, cynical and disunited. The one thing the ruling class fears is an active and organised working class. That is why it works so hard to ensure that we don't come together to create an effective and meaningful movement for revolutionary change. (Youtube ( • You can't vote your way out of this mess! ... )) ______________________________________________ Subscribe! Donate! Join us in building a bright future for humanity! http://www.thecommunists.org http://www.lalkar.org http://www.redyouth.org Telegram: https://t.me/thecommunists Twitter: / cpgbml Soundcloud: / proletarianradio Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/theCommunists Odysee: https://odysee.com/@proletariantv:2 Facebook: / cpgbml Online Shop: https://shop.thecommunists.org/ Education Program: Each one teach one! http://www.londonworker.org/education... Join the struggle! https://www.thecommunists.org/join/ Donate: https://www.thecommunists.org/donate/ Genre News & Politics
