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okay so I read the whole thing. it describes a really shitty, extant system. it defines the spoiler effect. it shows how the spoiler effect makes the already shitty system even more shitty. all that's fine and well. never once does it say that voting for minor party candidates is literally a vote for republicans, which was the actual statement that I took issue with.
you're welcome to make the argument that the result is the same and that's why you specifically will only vote strategically. that's fine. it does absolutely nothing to compel me to vote for either democrats or for republicans. or even to vote at all for that matter. why participate in such a fundamentally broken system at all then? just to give one more point to 99% hitler? no thank you.
it's not a strategic vote! it's an abdication of strategy that pretends only the current election matters! it assumes the present is eternal and that no electoral strategy could ever consider the future. an electoral strategy would admit the left has no real power absent a dedicated bloc and would work on creating one. to do so, you must be willing to sacrifice a few elections, because you must withhold votes and force the democrats to the bargaining table. otherwise you will forever be trapped in a cycle of voting for the "lesser" evil. FPTP does not preclude a long-term electoral strategy.
Because I have no choice. "The System" happens to me whether I like it or not; the laws happen to me whether I like it or not, and if I can have 99% Hitler vs 100% Hitler, I'll take the lesser. My refusal to participate doesn't change the fact that those are my two options, and one will be chosen.
I would rather have a voice than let someone else choose for me.
have at it. i refuse to dignify the actions of any genocidal maniac with an endorsement in the form of my vote. simple as.
Kudos to you for disagreeing without descending into name calling. A rare quality.
Shut up dorkass
So you're just incredibly naive or incredibly selfish to not care about the results of what you do as long as you can pretend to be principled about it.
I've been reading this exact argument for decades. It used to stop at Hitler and genocide because someone would shout "Godwin's Law!"
And now here we are. Will it go up to 99.9% Hitler, or was 2016 our last chance to elect a leftist? Keep your passports or gun lockers ready.
Ur voting for 99% Hitler???
Libs are really telling on themselves even nore than usual these days. Hard not when you're supporting genocide i guess
THEY SAID THE LINE