The important thing to remember is that it’s never the fault of the people in power. It’s always the gross, dumb, smelly voters who can’t pick the Lesser Of Two Evils often enough.
It’s both. I’m not going to pretend that people voting against their own self interests isn’t a problem. If people actually voted in a way that would help them we’d have a lot more Dems than Republicans in the USA.
It’s stupid to pretend we don’t live in a first past the post system where most voters are going to vote straight D or straight R. Voting 3rd party is just shredding your vote in almost all cases.
I’m not going to pretend that people voting against their own self interests isn’t a problem
The problem with “lesser evil” politics is that neither candidate represents your interests.
You had a corporate Democrat running against a fascist Republican. This after four years of liberals breaking their campaign promises, fattening the wallets of Techbro AnCaps, and beating up civil rights protestors on national TV.
It’s stupid to pretend we don’t live in a first past the post system where most voters are going to vote straight D or straight R.
It’s stupid to close off your primary so an unpopular incumbent in a dementia spiral doesn’t have to campaign against another wave of progressive outsiders.
When Henry Cuellar or Jim Justice or Kristen Sinema are the Ds on my ballot, it isn’t even FPTP. It’s a forgone conclusion I’m getting fucked from either side.
It’s both. I’m not going to pretend that people voting against their own self interests isn’t a problem. If people actually voted in a way that would help them we’d have a lot more Dems than Republicans in the USA.
It’s stupid to pretend we don’t live in a first past the post system where most voters are going to vote straight D or straight R. Voting 3rd party is just shredding your vote in almost all cases.
The problem with “lesser evil” politics is that neither candidate represents your interests.
You had a corporate Democrat running against a fascist Republican. This after four years of liberals breaking their campaign promises, fattening the wallets of Techbro AnCaps, and beating up civil rights protestors on national TV.
It’s stupid to close off your primary so an unpopular incumbent in a dementia spiral doesn’t have to campaign against another wave of progressive outsiders.
When Henry Cuellar or Jim Justice or Kristen Sinema are the Ds on my ballot, it isn’t even FPTP. It’s a forgone conclusion I’m getting fucked from either side.