So who should they vote for, in that two party system without preferential voting?
But what if my need for ideological purity and related "moral superiority" is more important than harm reduction or getting anything done?
He's actively promoting apathy that he knows will get Donald Trump into power, which he hopes will trigger a bloody civil war that kills the rich and brings about his ideal socialist utopia. If a lot of other people have to die along the way, that's a price he's willing to pay.
whatever merit he might have, he squandered it by twice pliantly stepping aside for murderers.
one of the other options
the fewer people vote for Republicans or Democrats, the faster we can be rid of their cancerous hold on US politics.
Without meaningful organisation towards one of the alternatives, all this does is give the core parties more leeway to lean into the worst of their die-hard followers. No one wants that.
Right-wing infiltrating the police isn't the same as the police being racist.
Been my point for awhile, I don't get why anyone votes for either party.
More than 2 parties are on the ballot. People in general don't realize how much power they have. Why would you have to organize? Everyone on their own can quickly look up each candidate and vote for the one they think is best.
That's technically true. It's just that they have a huge and direct relationship and overlap, and each helps to explain the other.
...it's like you tried to contradict yourself in as few words as possible.
raising awareness does little without a coordinated response. but it is still necessary. and it should prompt such organization if nothing else.
YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETELY SOLVED EVERYTHING SHUT UP AND VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS I'M BEING HELPFUL
The problem isn't that your solution doesn't solve everything. It's that it solves nothing.
The thing about certain progressives is that they are so allergic to any form of disagreement that they'd rather alienate their only potential allies than defeat their worst enemies.
When one believes that compromise is surrender and ideological purity trumps all....
Well the past twenty years worth of political discourse, starting with the immediate aftermath of September 11, have turned compromise into a synonym for both surrender and collaboration, context depending.
