Why Abolitionists DON'T TRUST Kamala Harris

[@chardonnay5715]

The part where you said Americas colonialism contributes to why migrants feel the need to come here to experience a better life.

[@YesMayhem7]

It is not the "lesser evil" it is a joint effort. Democrats manage populations for cheapest labor, feeding a steady diet of ideologies and herding them through institutions. Republican's handle commerce and corporations. Two sides of the same coin. Both working for the PAC. Defund Political Parties and Politicians.

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

thank you for this eye opening comment!

[@indigosnow_]

How tho? 🫨

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@ObjectiveAnt215]

That's why we need separate parties like the MAGA party to make America great again for all Americans! So we can worry about Americans and America ONLY no more illegals no more foreign aid no more foreign wars just us, ALL OF US💯🇺🇲✝️

[@Supermonistic]

Stand behind you all the way. I’m proud of you for taking a principled stand

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@ThePaperTiger]

“A fox is always more dangerous than the wolf. You can see the wolf coming. You know what he's up to. But the fox will fool you. He comes at you with his mouth shaped in such a way that even though you see his teeth, you think he's smiling and take him for a friend.” ~ Malcolm X. #SteinWare2024

[@gregoryjones9546]

Yes. The Republicans Are The Wolf,The Democrats Are The FOX!!! 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨😠😡🤬

[@brownsongbird]

This!! 💯💯💯

[@lex5768]

Have you looked into Claudia De La Cruz or Jazmine Sherman?

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@ObjectiveAnt215]

Malcom hated white liberals he said they were the enemy of the black people 💯 he would be voting for Trump 💯

[@klalbritton]

Lesser evil is still evil. I will not compromise my integrity by voting for a candidate that does not reflect my values. Good on you for standing on business

[@Compromised.electorate]

TRUMP 2024

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@dwaiquicge5681]

Getting the lesser evil in power isn't in itself bad, but it isn't good or effective action towards positive change, you need to disrupt the system, you need to force that change because it will never come from the system.

[@Thenewboidahlia]

I’m not confident about ANYTHING this election season 😭😭

[@danic2514]

I feel a lot of this strongly. I want liberation for all, that includes Palestinians. Voting for Kamala is absolutely not part of that.

[@klalbritton]

I don't trust a government that is complicit in genocide to protect my human rights

[@brittany1484]

Kamala Harris called for a ceasefire and wants to make a deal regarding hostages. She said that she supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas, but also doesn’t support the atrocities in Gaza. She has a levelheaded stance, but whether or not Congress will agree with her is uncertain

[@jameslucus]

@@brittany1484 keep thinking that lol

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@ObjectiveAnt215]

​@@brittany1484if she turns against Israel they will destroy her it won't even matter because the Jews have their hooks in the rest of our government she can't really do shit about it! Trump will end the conflict and get our 5 Americans back after that it's none of America's business 💯

[@vivianviridiana96]

For us people in the rest of the world, it does not matter who sits on the throne of the empire, the empire acts brutally on us anyway.

[@dre_withwithout]

Jamal Trulove is one amazing example of how callous and sick the cop lady is…. Another amazing example is that her damn parents were in the group that was the precursor for the Black Panther Party for self defense…. She then decided to be a cop 👮 😂

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

Same thing with Mayo Pete his pops was a Gramsci scholar and he essentially joins the CIA and then becomes a corporate leg breaker afterwards .

[@Givethemgrace8212]

She also threatened parents of truant children with arrest and prosecution and laughed about it. She does not give af about ppl, let alone working ppl.

[@Givethemgrace8212]

She also was (on record) admonished by California appellate court for refusing to release prisoners who had completed their sentence bc she wanted to keep them for cheap labor.

[@toecutterjones]

The choices are always fascism or teetering on fascism and we deserve better than that. People would rather say this is how it's always been and always will be so deal with it because it's easier for them to do instead of actually trying to change the system. F all that.

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@awkwardnerd.]

0:29 bruh did she think that was supposed to be funny it's so cringe it hurts 😭

[@madgepickles]

I am so thankful the KZbin gods sent your videos my way a few months ago because it's such a blessing to have your unwavering revolutionary philosophy. I am still on my journey of doing the reading, while concurrently trying to find the praxis I can collaborate on. but hearing my thoughts be spoken by someone of your background, who has been doing the work and the reading for much longer truly buoys my spirit and gives me strength that I'm not on the wrong path no matter how blue maga rages at me. I share your content as much as I can and have purchased your reader and will continue to support you as much as I can. thank you thank you God bless you

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@LangSmith.]

When I see Baldwin speak of being “terrified of the moral apathy”, when I see Kwame Ture speak of how “liberals defend the law and order of the oppressor”, I’m no longer shocked at the out right liberal indignation towards people protesting and people refusing to vote. I’m just more and more incensed. No human life should hold a false superiority over another. There’s this implied sense of intrinsic value that Americans, and the Western world in general likes to uphold when the fascism gets harder to ignore domestically. “Let me get my rights first, and then I got you.” Weird how MLK literally pointed out that line of thinking was basically an attempt at kicking the can down the road, and now we’re supposed to believe that we can only trust this system if we just get the same institutions that have willingly subjugated countless POC, indigenous, and black people to innumerable horrors domestically already, will actually help us this time. Just like ALLLLLL the other times. It’s asinine to continue to advocate for this house of cards and act like if we just change the face of imperialism to a darker one, all our problems will be fixed. Imperialism is still imperialism. Voting for a genocide supporter just makes you a genocide supporter, whether you want to acknowledge that or not. No one should be sacrificed for the rights of others, that’s just some colonizer bs. Great video as always Prince, got chills when you showed that 2016 clip of yourself interrupting Clinton.

[@user-lz8pc4mo4x]

#BLOCKCOPCITY

[@mikhaelbartocci2153]

“Let Bill speak” is nuts

[@ottabee]

PS I also recommend the "RACE To The TRUTH" book series. There is "Colonization and the Wampanoag Story", "Slavery and the African american story", "Exclusion and the Chinese american Story", and the most recent book, "Borderlands and the Mexican american story".

[@cpersiani4466]

There was also a book that was about the oppression of Italian Immigrants and what Columbus Day stands for and why it was made a federal holiday in the first place

[@robertstubblefield8190]

Adding to my book list

[@brownsongbird]

I think people should really be looking more seriously at 3rd parties. Not because they will solve all our problems, but because they will shift some power away from the duopoly (really monopoly) PACS and give us a renewed sense of empowerment so we can better organize locally.

[@janusroland]

Right! We need to stop voting for the Dem/GOP Uniparty Duopoly if we want real change to the system. But "electoralism" and protesting don't have to be mutually exclusive. We can do both. A plurality popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force the issue of RCV (ranked choice voting). I'm going with Jill Stein (Green Party)

[@brownsongbird]

@@janusroland Great choice. From what I have seen, I like Jill Stein. I need to do more research but it's crazy to me that EVERY 3rd party candidate I have seen has more and better thought out policies than either DNC/GOP candidate and yet they are being ignored. It goes to show that the best ideas are not the ones uplifted in our "democracy" but whoever has the money to buy out the media. It's actually so disappointing.

[@janusroland]

@@brownsongbird Yes, the corrupt mainstream media blackout is super frustrating. I'm glad at least you're doing your own research and coming to an independent conclusion. I'd recommend voting Green to add to their numbers since they have the best probability of impacting the system via the popular vote, but either way, any independent/"3rd" party votes will help add percentage points against the Uniparty. Do whatever it takes to break the uniparty duopoly regime.

[@ShuriOkoye-tu1hn]

Your rage is righteous. I feel you. I’m unclear of your strategy though. What does strategic and successful militant action look like specifically? What are your expectations for what those specific actions will achieve? What is your expected timeline for achieving the changes that you want to see? Thank you.

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

Ive written about this a lot in my book but I have some videos planned on these topics. But also I'm not trying to share my whole revolutionary plan online when cops can search for anything

[@domgaar9933]

@@PrinceShakurKZbinAh, so you’re a LARPer

[@millieroot176]

Thank you once again for putting into words and showing us your praxis of so many values I and other hold. It is inspiring and helpful to have language around this. Also do you make the collages at the end of the video? They are beautiful!

[@t0d1ff]

Thank you for this video and sharing your personal experience. I think more people need to realize that this government will not save us, that we are the only ones who can save us. Thank you for the call for us to organize and do what we can to create a better world for all, especially the most systemically oppressed.

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@MossTunic]

you're doing amazing. thank you. we can only heal & progress as a community.

[@chardonnay5715]

Funny enough that’s how I felt about Obama.

[@kiiamarie3881]

same

[@Givethemgrace8212]

You were right.

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@kavjay]

How about Jill Stein (Green Party's nominee for president)? Would anyone here for vote for her? I'm in the UK, I've been voting Green Party (England and Wales) for the past 15 years

[@idkwhybut...]

I don't trust Jill Stein. Her party does not run in local elections. Only running in Nationals every 4 years does not make you democratic, it makes you a spoiler candidate. Is she really cared, she would put the third party from the ground up.

[@joeAnon796]

Unfortunately she's not even on the ballot in NY.

[@DLFfitness1]

That would make sense, but so many would just rather complain. 😢

[@mollyx9120]

I’ll prob vote for her, but overall I’m spending .00000000000001 % of my energy on that and the majority of my energy on building community resilience and moving everyone away from electoralism in general

[@janusroland]

@@mollyx9120 Yeah, it doesn't have to be mutually exclusive. You can build community resilience and also vote Green to break the so-called "2-party system"

[@gillette2801]

I will be honest. I'm a trump supporter and stumbled upon your channel. I agree with about 70% of everything you've said. Many of the concerns you have I have. Many of the ideas you've shared here I share. Ultimately, were all striving for the same thing. We have to do better at listening and communicating with each other.

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

Wow. This surprises me a bit but I ultimately want more autonomy and freedom for all people. Not capitalistic exploitation

[@anju8376]

i think that has more to do with the fact that trump supporters tend to be extremely uninformed. by watching this video you're starting to get informed, but if you actually did a fraction of the research and work that this creator has clearly done, you wouldn't be maga.

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

I appreciate you sharing this, and I look forward to hearing your continued thoughts abolition and your issues with the electoral process. I will continue to listen. Unfortunately, I still do not understand. I get why you don't want to vote for these candidates, but I don't understand how not voting contributes to positive change (in America and abroad). To quote Octavia E Butler, God is Change. We can be victims of god or partners of god, and I desperately want to understand how not voting is a proactive action. It feels less like an action of change than an attempt to distance one's self from atrocities, when the reality is there is a chance might have limited harm if not stopped it.

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

It's making a personal choice not to participate in a system you didn't choose or don't trust. Why be manipulated into a false sense of progress when we can just organize on a grassroots level and work towards alternatives?

[@janusroland]

Right! We need to stop voting for the Dem/GOP Uniparty Duopoly if we want real change to the system. But "electoralism" and protesting don't have to be mutually exclusive. We can do both. A plurality popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force the issue of RCV (ranked choice voting). I'm going with Jill Stein (Green Party)

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

@@PrinceShakurKZbin I don't agree with the assessment of progress, but I think I understand the logic.

[@MR-cx1mg]

Thank you we definitely need this perspective

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@madalyndrewno5280]

Thank you so much for this. I learn so much from your videos. Ive fallen for the trap vote blue no matter who, but now after Oct 7th my world view has completely changed and I will not vote for Harris

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@lululoveberry4161]

I love you so much! Your sharp mind gives me hope during these dark times.

[@natebookout1353]

The conflict between liberation and liberalism goes back as long as the US itself. The history that's mostly untold, like you say, about how our "democracy" is pretty evil, actually, is a big part of that. American Puritanism infected colonialist science. And that has in turn influenced all of our modern institutions, including Democrats and Republicans alike. Democrats are absolutely not a weaker enemy. Nothing in American history makes any sense without acknowledging the role of genocide. That's also why you can't make any sense of what's happening with Boeing, a company which is obviously violating some number of laws or regulations, without understanding it's relationship to the US Government, and genocide. I think it's important to be specific about what is functional praxis. Building alternative institutions that will allow for more autonomy is important, but it isn't something that can be done in an instant. It isn't actually a solution for what's happening, right now. I think that, if there's to be an election where people rise up to demand a viable alternative, those alternatives need to be seriously built up years ahead of time, and the movements behind them need to be at the center of the entire election cycle. Right now, the "uncommitted" movement behind the DNC protests is the closest thing we have to that. But the single issue nature of that movement makes it non-ideal for a full-scale anarchist platform, in my opinion. The biggest logical issue I have with your argument is the supposition there's an "ideal" candidate you could vote for. It's important to articulate what policies you'd want, of course. But the danger is the mistaken idea that any such things as a "good president" is possible. This is the root of the issue, with liberal democracy. It's an idealized form of a State that governs people's lives, and as such has all the inherent problems of being a State. Including the major issue of "authorized knowledge", the category that determines who is, and is not, a part of the people. Who gets to live and die. There's no such thing as a liberal democracy that is truly free, because States are built on the consolidation of power through death. That's why it's a lie that you should vote based on your authentic political beliefs. You should voice your authentic political beliefs. But being critical of voting is important, actually, because your vote is caged in the system that it exists in. I agree with most of your predictions about Harris. But two things can be true at once. You can vote for Harris, to ensure that our liberal democracy continues. And, simultaneously, you can criticize the failures of that democracy. It's not about choosing the "lesser evil". It's about taking actions that will produce outcomes. We aren't going to eventually end up with a liberal government that's oppressive; we already have one. It's just a question of what to do with it. "Why would I want to participate?" Because any tool you have against the State is one you should wield to your utmost ability. Not participating only benefits the system. What is your desired outcome here? What, exactly, is non-voting supposed to accomplish? One argument for voting 3rd party is that the numbers could be pronounced enough to influence Democrats in the future to be more open to 3rd party candidates (though I personally think that's kinda bull). But at least voting 3rd party is recorded, in the numbers. But look at how non-voters are documented. It's usually focused on categorizing who is eligible and able enough to vote from who isn't. The issues non-voters have always go unacknowledged, because they're outside the domain of "authorized knowledge." That's why I feel like, without a large-scale anarchist movement to make visible, not voting accomplishes nothing. Don't get me wrong, I think that this video and all your other work is super valuable. Pressuring Harris with criticism like this is one of the most important things we can be doing on the left, I think. Protesters outside the DNC were able to pressure Harris into actually allowing them to host a panel at the convention. This is an example of the kind of "meaningful outcome" I mean. It's not as idealistic an outcome as people are saying, though. This is definitely the result of Harris's intentional negotiations behind the scenes to try and keep the protests as tame as possible, which should be acknowledged for what it is: an act of undermining resistance. But it's not just saying "shut up", at least. It's not a policy change, but it's definitely movement towards something. And there's no reason your work couldn't lead to the same, too, even if you do choose not to vote. newrepublic.com/post/185012/kamala-harris-dnc-historic-panel-palestine

[@inofmotion]

Wish this was pinned ❤🍉

[@higuisitsmayamia]

not participating in the system benefits the system, and participating in the system is actually a tool we wield against it...please make it make sense. neither of these candidates are interested in (worker/etc) democracy, neither of them are going to make resistance easier, and Harris went and blocked a Palestinian speaker they originally promised a slot as she let one of Trump's folks & Contra descendant, a border patrol officer, and a fuckin CEO on aswell as an Israeli who they brought up there to speak about hostages at the DNC. not voting is not participation, sometimes it is something blocked by the state intentionally to control votes and sometimes its people willfully abstaining from participation, yes. but the reason folks fought for voting rights was for the ability TO participate in the system and have some say over matters, to be further included within the state and empire as citizens and not just its victims/subjects, not to be free from it. please do not conflate liberation and integration because it will lead you to some very confusing contradictions (is it "liberation" for U.S women, trans, and nonwhite folks to be allowed to participate in U.S military or government affairs?). integration is for survival and to lessen the ails of being oppressed but it is not a cure. you are an anarchist, so please do not start tripping for Harris dawg 😭😭😭 she represents much of the same horrid shit trump does and shes made her whole career off being a prime cheerleader of incarceration and the prison industrial complex.

[@leehayes4019]

Exactly, this is a reasonable and measured response. ​@@inofmotion

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Thank you, writer. In the comments of his - seemingly mostly - young viewers, I have posted the following. Your answer is more eloquent than mine. I hope to inspire with the suggested video in the following response. Would love to hear what you think of it. And maybe you could also post your comment as an answer to many of the commentors. Doubt many of his viewers will otherwise read what you said so well. A suggestion, please ignore if I overstepped in doing that. My answer/comment: Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@natebookout1353]

@@LINDA-de-J0NG It's very true that not voting is a big part of the propaganda being put out by AI, because it's been an underlying tactic for decades. That's also why they care so much about undermining black, immigrant, and indigenous voters.

[@lydiagerson9802]

I'm an old white woman and I agree with everything you've so articulately stated. Our two party duopoly are as , George Galloway, has said: Two cheeks of the same ass." Since Clinton I've never voted for either party. I fear for the young of our country.

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@232tt80]

thank you so much for this video, it resonated with the way i felt really well. because for those of you voting for her how ARE you gonna stop policing militant disruption, how are you gonna disrupt imperialism with others in your locality?

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@joeAnon796]

What about down ballot? I get you dont want to vote for POTUS but you can still let your voice be heard for the other positions in your state and city.

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@SinaLaJuanaLewis]

I'm with you completely 🙏🏽💯

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@phillipduvall8638]

I'm constantly seeing videos of our "representatives" refusing to speak to, being dismissive towards, and figuratively spitting in the faces of the people they're supposed to fight for. If you ask me they're supposed to have an uncommon level of grace and understanding to be able to properly represent and guide their constituents. It's plain to see that a large number of them are lacking in both areas. And I guess that's a big cause of the problem, we expect people to do things for us even when we won't do them for ourselves. If we don't care enough to do anything why should they? Why shouldn't they just use power to further their own ends? What reason or consequence could they even conceive of? People who just want to be left alone will always lose to the ones who want to win. The meaning of life is to struggle, and the sooner we accept the idea that we'll always have one battle or another, the sooner we can make real changes happen. There can be no era of peace and rest unless it is followed by one of strife and suffering.

[@ctsphang]

Prince, you don't owe anyone an explanation, _but_ it was enlightening to hear a nuanced perspective. $hit's complicated.

[@xaviercooper2070]

Brotha I’m glad my Algorithm brought this content to me. This is is an absolute gem man

[@mollyx9120]

Thank you 🙏 there’s too many people in my life that don’t get it and it helps to hear people talk about things so rationally. We HAVE to divest in this system, so we can take that energy and resources everyone is putting into candidates and invest it into alternative systems that actual serve us. And yeah, voting for AIPAC recipients is just allowing genocide to continue!

[@cpersiani4466]

Well Hamas doesn’t help things and people especially Palestinians and the supporters need to separate Hamas from the people If people can’t denounce Hamas and separate themselves how can we expect Israel to when Hamas uses the Palestinian people as cover They are also very oppressive to woman and gays

[@metalmoviephilosopher7744]

Picked up your book the other day! Can’t wait to read it!

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

Thank you so much ♥️

[@NotVeryGudGamer]

Now she know she not friends with quavo

[@kristinashepherd3003]

Sometimes I feel so alone because I won’t vote for Harris and I won’t ever be gaslighted by democrat voters. I’m glad other people feel the same way and you vocalize so eloquently why I won’t vote for her . Thank you for expressing what I’m unable to vocalize and for your channel. I have learned so much from you and thanks for the community.

[@valeriarossini543]

I feel insane when I tell americans not to vote and they regurgitate some stupid motto about the lesser evil... as you said, IT'S STILL EVIL !!!!!!!!!

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

IDK know he Libs pretzel.themselves into the lesser evil nonsense ,Its like how is 200k Palestinian bodies and their promising plenty more to come less evil ? .

[@janusroland]

Right! We need to stop voting for the Dem/GOP Uniparty Duopoly if we want real change to the system. But "electoralism" and protesting don't have to be mutually exclusive. We can do both. A plurality popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force the issue of RCV (ranked choice voting). I'm going with Jill Stein (Green Party)

[@RetroMonk]

Thank you I appreciate your perspective

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

You are so welcome

[@LPAFilm]

Also respect for doing what seems to be hard these days when you have a platform...STANDING ON BUSINESS! 💯 Also, look up Kshama Sewat who has now joined Jill Stein to help door knock and organize. SHE IS THE REAL DEAL and has the track record to back it up!

[@janusroland]

Right! We need to stop voting for the Dem/GOP Uniparty Duopoly if we want real change to the system. But "electoralism" and protesting don't have to be mutually exclusive. We can do both. A plurality popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force the issue of RCV (ranked choice voting). I'm going with Jill Stein (Green Party)

[@LPAFilm]

@@janusroland ABSOLUTELY AGREE with all of this!! I'm going to suggest you for Sabby Sab's next voter panel.

[@jaybeezy58]

I totally get not wanting to vote for the 2 major corporate parties but why not vote for someone 3rd party???... I would assume the wealthy/ruling class is almost as happy with non-voters as they are with democrat voters

[@morphingfaces]

Cornel West is one of the only stable candidates running on actually improving conditions for working people and calling out the genocide the Israeli state is perpetrating against Palestinians

[@janusroland]

Right! We need to stop voting for the Dem/GOP Uniparty Duopoly if we want real change to the system. But "electoralism" and protesting don't have to be mutually exclusive. We can do both. A plurality popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force the issue of RCV (ranked choice voting). I'm going with Jill Stein (Green Party)

[@MalikIsmailAliRaymond]

The thing is here is that numerous states have their respective DNCs have gone about purging (or attempting to purge) the Green Party (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina). Also, third party politics in the states generally align with campist ideals (Jill Stein backing Russian and pro-Trump contararian and SA perpetrator Assange, as well as the PSL and their counterrevolutionary aspirations) or just vanity projects from figures like Cornel West and RFK Jr before the latter dropped out. I get the appeal of third-party votes and ideally that would be more reasonable, but it has its shortcomings that would involve a mass mobilization that many are unwilling to do (and one I would rather spend outside of electoralism imo).

[@domesticengineerlifecoach6938]

Sir? It's not just her! It's whole damn government! It's a damn clown 🤡 show! Both sides!

[@jayblaqk]

Saw you on Oley's panel on Harris, where I felt that you did a solid job representing a perspective similar to mine. As a long term Bernie supporter, I still have a sliver of faith that a leftist can win the White House and shift the Democratic Party as much as 45 did the Republican Party. This is why I support Cornel West. I don't care what his odds look like. I am only willing to give my votes to candidates who truly speak to the uplifting of the most vulnerable among us. West has that message, which resonates strongly within me. Harris appears poised to continue to support a genocide, and the way the DNC erased the voices of Palestinians during the convention was telling. I refuse to support a candidate bragging about crafting a more lethal military. My last lesser of two evils vote was cast, to no avail, in 2016. If a candidate wants my vote, their words and actions need to be stronger than the other guy is bad. Respect to you for your focus on organizing. It seems it will take mass movements focused on collective support to shift things given our current political system. I think people who accept that reality are wise. Maintain that wisdom.

[@EGreen-z2g]

There is already a solid third political party apparatus in place that addresses many of your concerns- THE GREEN PARTY--- AND IT NEEDS SUPPORT!!! Their platform is listed on their website.

[@leahjames5090]

Man, you need to wake up you need to vote and you need to vote for the right person and not the wrong person

[@Amethyst454]

Thank you for this video.

[@KeldrickC]

Brilliant take on the good Ole USA.

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

Thank you

[@taina49100]

Anti capitalism is the bottom line for me

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@PianoManJ]

I hear you Prince ❤

[@fearlessknits1]

Is it possible to buy your book as an ebook?

[@erindaniel4053]

This needs more views. We need more anarchist thinkers online. Let’s speak honestly about the reality of the situation

[@clive-live]

First-time visitor to your reflective political conversations with yourself and your engaged audience Clive Burgess loves it ❤️

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@eyeje19]

If you complain as a people about a Two Party System and Never Vote 3rd Party to Change it, then it will never Change.

[@ReadingComprehension8X]

Needed video

[@moniquevandijkadema4053]

Why not vote for Robert F. Kennedy then? He is obviously the best candidate, saying you wont vote for anyone wont do anything.

[@clive-live]

❤ 😆 I just Googled you to see 👀 who you are. What a cool man 😎 Clive Live Thinking

[@MalikIsmailAliRaymond]

This video was so needed. I have been very frustrated with self-proclaimed prison and police abolitionists (including those that have platforms in (Black) KZbin video essayist spaces) who are chastising people who refuse to support Harris like liberals. And then they try to absolve themselves of being reactionaries because they've said and done good things. On Black August, no less. The DNC had cops from Flint, MI and San Antonio, TX implicitly affirm the harm they do to Black and Brown folks. Or Kamala citing the harm officers faced on J6 being her first concern with Project 2025. Or Kamala using the passive voice when mentioning the geno-ide in Gaza but the active voice for Hamas' attack on Israel on 10/7. And wanting to create (or maintain) the most lethal military in the world. So much more issues I could list. But liberals, progressives, and leftists (whatever that term means anymore) are shouting down people who are maintaining radical politics and traditions and calling for a desire to organize outside of electoral spaces. Including our ostensible allies. It makes me sad that the Obama years has taught many nothing because of fear and an unhealthy attachment to representation politics. This is a hopeful video and affirming in that there are folks (especially other Black queer folks) doing the work. Thank you! I will purchase the Black Radical reader too and use it in my courses!

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@oatmilkgirll]

u saw that fd signifier video too huh :(

[@MalikIsmailAliRaymond]

@@oatmilkgirll I was actually referring to Olayemi Olurin and her reactionary takes on social media sites. FD imo in contrast doesn't position himself as an abolitionist as his praxis, he's at best an "advocate" (I feel he's open to it but not really entrenched in its ideals) in the same way she did (confronting Eric Adams and whatnot), so her reactionary behavior is really irresponsible with a platform advocating for abolition while promoting a "top cop" candidate and critiquing people who critique Kamala disingenuously. I was disappointed in FD's video too, though. An over emphasis on white leftists critiquing Kamala (which is and can be a problem, but shouldn't be *the* main concern about issues with her presidential campaign) and not coming for ne(gro)liberals defending her. It's like Obama but worse. The video example of the white dude critiquing her wasn't even bad. He didn't rattle off some misogynyoir, he didn't even specifically call out Black folks or Black liberals (which would've been out of bounds for sure)...He just called her a cop, which is, true.

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

@@oatmilkgirll I probably did, but I don't recall the content right now. My thoughts on this subject are much older than I think fds' channel has been around. What I was riled up by most recently was Herby Revolus' latest contribution. It brought back the "do so" campaign by cambridge analytica that angered me so much at the time. Whatsapp has been off my phone ever since because zuckerberg has anything to do with it, I don't have social media apps on my phone, whatever non-difference that makes. Just... These Eton educated little twerps are lauging, literally laughing, at how easy it is to let people not vote so yacht owners can have their way more easily. Harris would sell us off to the yacht owners in a minute I am sure - and if not her, prolly someone else in the blue party - but I no longer let the turning in my stomach over this or that politician blind me to the levels of how much deeply worse it will get down the line (!) of international and local policy for years if not forever if trump and cronies grab power back this time. If he gets the throne back he will not let go until he dies and the damage he will do in the short time before that will make it impossible for us to even write to eachother on a platform like this anymore. It is so saddening. My sadness made me post.

[@Givethemgrace8212]

Do you boo. Don’t let them shame you!

[@wuwei5629]

Loved the video, thank you! You have a new subscriber ❤❤

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

Thank you so much

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Dear Prince Shakur, I am someone who, for many election rounds, did not vote in her own country. My reasons, though not the same, were comparable to yours and those of your viewers - I feel you so much and You Are Right: there is not enough historical knowledge, governments are not here for us and actual solutions need finding. Solutions that need evolution first and we might differ here, but I am convinced that they need to come after this immediate fascistic threat has been de-energised. In the meantime please allow me to suggest one youtube video + one fact. Search KZbin for the video by copy pasting this: >>> The Insane Cambridge Analytica Election Interference Revelations in The Great Hack

[@Vuh_ne_suh]

Vote for candidates that are for an economy that works for working people, a livable future for our children, for an America and a World that works for all of us. #SteinWare2024 ✅

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

check out sabby sabs. chris hedges and lee camp. they are doing similar work on exposing the corporate overlords behind both parties.

[@troybody6662]

THIS GUY ACTS ALL EDUCATED. BUT TRUMP ALREADY DENIED REPARATIONS 0:20

[@j.megatron]

Blood this was really good! Straight gangsta intellectualism. But yeah unless people without criminal records are willing to buy me guns to defend against the Confederacy, I have to vote for Kameleon #ReparationsNOW

[@Spencerhadley]

Beautiful, thanks.

[@sethdonnelly1994]

Brilliant!!!!!

[@brianjoseph-jo2gx]

Taxpayers just pay for them instead of plantation owners. Only free to a point. Get exploited because they need the job and are afraid to call the police. Experience sexual and other harassment, sub par wages,and unsafe conditions.

[@maxtitanic299]

Why not vote for Jill Stein? They only need like 5% to start mattering.

[@janusroland]

Right! We need to stop voting for the Dem/GOP Uniparty Duopoly if we want real change to the system. But "electoralism" and protesting don't have to be mutually exclusive. We can do both. A plurality popular vote for independent/"3rd" candidates will force the issue of RCV (ranked choice voting). I'm going with Jill Stein (Green Party)

[@MoltenPandas]

The minute the green party gains any relevance whatsoever they will become another tool of capital, if they aren't already. The problem with electoralism is simply not that the right candidates or the right parties haven't come along. The problem is that any ruling party in a liberal democracy is fundamentally a tool of ruling class oppression. Jill Stein is not going to defund the police or abolish prisons, she's not going to stop the American imperial project, she won't stop anything that US capital actually cares about. Those things cannot be done through electoralism

[@audiomanmik]

Are you willing to concede that the position of vice president is ceremonial? Your opinions on Kamala, lack the nuance you hope people have for you. It's sad that it's mainly black men engaging in this. You left out the fact that she was the only top cop to go after big banks for the 08 crash. When she went to the senate, she pen and sponsored bill to reduce the protections of banks. I don't agree with Kamala on most things, (her positions flip flop a lot) but something about this piece feels like misogynior. A lot of the things Kamala spoke about policywise, you said you would vote for. You know she wrote the "George Floyd Justice in Police Act", she supported the child tax credit. You're giving James Baldwin, Nicki Giovani vibes right now. Kamala telling the protestors, "I am speaking," had a lot more to the statement. Also a lot more nuance. This is a black woman, in a white male space being shouted down. I agree with the protestors, I also agree with black woman holding and protecting thier space. Nuance. Your statements on what she should have done, feels like tone policing black expression. The lesser of two evil narratives is bs. I agree with your takes on foreign policy. I say this as a Caribbean person born and raised. The Caribbean which was meant to be one whole country called "Union", but the Monroe doctrine stopped that dead in it's tracks.Just the approach of this piece isn't as nuanced as you have established yourself to be. Maybe take a step back and ask yourself why.

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

So she's a woman and that means she'll be a better face for imperialism? You really bore me

[@audiomanmik]

​ @PrinceShakurKZbin You're using catch phrases and insults to avoid my real critiques of your misogynoir. I didn't know pointing out misogynoir was meant to entertain you. So sorry, I will make some jokes next time. Forget the black woman you're attacking on vibes, and no research... You at no point engaged with her policies. You literally said you'd vote for someone who championed the things she and Tim Waltz SUPPORTS, voted for and penned bills on. I am willing to bet you never did RESEARCHED on her voting record. Your "Who is Kamala" section said nothing about WHO SHE IS. You spoke more about yourself, than her in that section. Textbook misogynoir. "Nuance for me, not thee black woman. Proper representation for me, not thee black woman.". This isn't helping the exaggerated image Caribbean men have with misogynoir... It's hard to look at your flaws, but if you are on these KZbin streets calling out people. At Least be honest enough to hold a mirror up to yourself.

[@jackieroberts2625]

Hi, black woman here. Criticizing Kamala Harris is not misogynoir in the slightest. She is not a good person and she is just as bad as the white men in charge, only difference is she has her race and her feminity to hide under. It's a shame that misogyny and other kinds of bigotry exist bcos it makes it hard to criticize people like Kamala or Hilary. Also, the whole 'I'm speaking' shit is not nuanced in the slightest. The ppl protesting are ppl who have had their families murdered in this ongoing genocide and they're rightfully calling her out on her silence and complicity. What is nuanced about that? She could have handled the whole situation with poise but she decided to girlboss her way thru it. 'I'm speaking' can walk when a white man is trying to interrupt her but not when victims of genocide are demanding a little empathy and accountability. If that is too nuanced for you then I don't know what isn't.

[@stinkymccheese8010]

They are telling you to engage in damage control, and you you are more than capable of doing that while organizing an alternative at a grassroots level it will take time, and you have examples of such things in the past complete with readily identifiable failure points and successes, that is how this country will be salvaged if it’s going to be.

[@slowpokejpg6]

We need to build our own power. No one is coming to save us. Only the working class can do that.

[@clive-live]

Your voice and words are resistaning ❤

[@sck7503]

You can vote for Green Party

[@akirahimurakinakiyama99]

Is there even a green party? I heard of it and I keep hearing it but I don’t know much about it

[@sck7503]

@@akirahimurakinakiyama99 There is, and the DNC is trying to take it out of the ballots, how democratic of the "defenders of democracy". Search for "Democrats try to block Green Party from presidential ballot in Wisconsin, citing legal issues"

[@moe3235]

Profiteerism 101, nothing but profit is allowed

[@gerriscorp]

I agree with you because I'm a nihilist and into chaos and what you've been saying makes me feel like you're the best bet.

[@LINDA-de-J0NG]

Huh? Are you removing all comments you do not agree with, even the well written, on-topic ones with substance? I came back to have a look and it is 100% agreement with your views in the comments, quite literally every challenge or question has been carefully pruned out of the comment section. The vanity!

[@UhOhJacquinette]

0:42 the way my nose crinkled… it might be permanent now, cuz UGH

[@The10thdrago]

As I see it. Things aren't going to change until people go hungry.

[@leahjames5090]

What about slavery?

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

Are you asking if slavery exists? I'm confused

[@leahjames5090]

With that man in office, you wanna go back to slavery or do you wanna do the right thing because Donald Trump he doesn’t like Black people he even said that he didn’t like Black people his grandfather was a member of the KKK. His daddy was a member of the KKKand he was friends with the Graham Wizard of the KKK

[@leahjames5090]

Is that saying enough for you? Wake up I’ve been saying that for a long time now watch biography, and documentaries.

[@brianjoseph-jo2gx]

Trump did what Kamala promises to do.Black-owned businesses in the United States grew at an average rate of 4.2% per year from 2016-2020, which is more than 20 times the overall business growth rate of 0.18%. The growth was greatest between 2018 and 2019, when the number of Black-owned businesses increased by 8%. However, growth slowed to 4.7% between 2019 and 2020, which may have been due to the pandemic's early effects on foreclosure rates and investment decisions. Plus record black unemployment. Media never talks about what Trump actually did . Don't talk about his or Republicans actual agendas on their websites. But talk endlessly about project 2025 that isn't a Trump or official Republican document.

[@electricVGC]

I think any person who legitimately believes this is about a lesser evil or weaker adversary is focused on the real work through most of their advocacy. If you believe either but then fixate on advocating about the election, then you're advocating for evil under your own standards. I have one day I dedicate to the election, and that's on the day I vote, and anyone who doesn't is absolutely fine by me.

[@anarchrevolution]

Why do I feel like we need Childish Gambino to lead new panthers into battle

[@TanyaOsterman-hw9wv]

I'm still voting for her!

[@lanzinator4734]

Subscribed

[@eyeje19]

Vote for Cornell West

[@UnknownHuman94]

Trump did the job before and he can do it again. He's our best choice at this point, Kamala flip flops on to much and she hasnt actually talk policies at all. You are a bright young man and will have a big future ahead of you. Im sure if you keep going, Trump will speak to you 1 on 1. Im not trying to get you to vote for Trump either, heck i dont even know who im voting for yet all i do know is that i must trust that God has a plan for what is happening. May you stay healthy and blessed.

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

I don't want imperialism or more racist running this country

[@seanmcconnell3392]

Of course it's lip service. What's the last book on political theory you've read (classic or modern)?

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

Who are you?

[@seanmcconnell3392]

@@PrinceShakurKZbin just a guy in the comments. Nobody of any real influence. A political scientist by education and humble servant.

[@papi_sativa]

Lol Clinton said "Whoa whoa whoa" just like Biden heh heh

[@basedloser42]

5:30 Dr. Jill Stein.

[@TheBriar_123]

4:39 oof. That’s it. That’s the thing.

[@MahmutAyabakan]

Perez Timothy Lee Cynthia Johnson Scott

[@Cuttatv]

Bro , you are talking for yourself. You wanna be a the face of what black people want and you’re not making progress. Telling Black people to vote against the person who wants to protect our democracy is wild.

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

So we get to pick between two imperialists?

[@Cuttatv]

You just want views . At this point we don’t care vote or not. She’s doing her job without your input

[@eyeje19]

Trump '24 due to policies...

[@idkwhybut...]

"Abolitionist" of what?

[@PrinceShakurYoutube]

That's what Google is for..or listening

[@samlee3039]

​@@PrinceShakurKZbin Why can't you answer the simple question? Cos the answer might be ridiculous right? Abolitionist against what? Slavery? Please tell me you're not that conceited.

[@mayfieldmcdaniels]

🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

vote cornel west 2024!