Which is pretty astute, and was well received. Definitely voting changes things, within limits.
And I mean Emma Goldman would probably not have appreciated those limits, because she was an Anarchist. Voting was never going to allow one to get rid of voting and government and become anarchists, on the other hand voting has allowed people to gain labor rights, contraceptive rights, and welfare; all things Emma Goldman wanted and fought for. Anarchism, the philosophy she espoused was never going to be achieved by voting. All the practical gains she advocated were.
Voting is a means for perpetuating a democratic system, and allowing that system to improve over long term, and to respond to changes in the world around it.
You might be excused for thinking that if Voting could actually change the system, that is to change it from a Democratic system where Voting was no longer required to perpetuate the system, they would outlaw it. And you would be…