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I know. I said ask people to vote for you because that's the most relevant here, but there are other options for the victory lap, like a general strike, extended mass demonstrations, etc etc. I called it the victory lap for a reason; whether you decide to take it in the ballot box or the streets is a matter of tactics (though in this case I'd say the ballot box was the better option). At least how I think of it is that if you consider electoral politics your primary battlefield you will lose, as the primary battlefield is and will always be the hearts, minds and fucks to give of the people, but there's no reason to not use them to seal the deal if you can.
As someone with limited exposure to leftists outside the Fediverse I can't confirm or deny that statement, so I guess I'll just take it with a grain of salt, but it seems to me that there's room for nuance between unquestioning participation in the system and unquestioning denial of the system.
As noted in the last-moment edit I slipped in, hoping to get it done before anyone read the comment, the non-insane (and much more widespread) version is harm reduction.
Here on the Fediverse, MLs and fellow-travelers of that sort are much more widespread than IRL, and they tend towards more... uncompromising positions. At least when their least-favorite bourgeois democracies are concerned.
Okay I just now realized that my instance doesn't federate with the tankie triad and that's why I don't see most of the insane stuff. Carry on with your day.