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Seeing a lot of this lately...
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What if I don't like any of them?
I would simply not participate in a system that sounds this miserable and tedious. I would play a game that's more productive and enjoyable.
But it doesn't matter, because casting a vote for Ralph Nader from my bright red state of Texas is still the reason Al Gore lost Florida in a 5-4 SCOTUS decision.
Join the club.
That's not possible. We voted on what game we're playing and we glued the cartridge into the console. Much to my disappointment we don't get to change the game, or not play, or even ignore it.
It's a stupid world and we all live in it.
Exactly: The system is built to let them win as much as possible. You're not going to ever beat it. It's like Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy except even more frustrating and without the pleasant voiceovers.
That's very possible. It's just not what Americans are used to doing.
That's a naive perspective, as it misses the historical, financial, and sociological roots of the game. You can't play a game of basketball if the other team picks up the ball and walks off the court.
This is Lockean Theory 101, and its the entire basis of democracy. We use democratic tools to divine popular intent. But when the democracy is subverted and political leadership is divorced from public sentiment, the institutions fail. But if institutions aren't failing because people are too afraid to withdraw their support from them, the system is implicitly endorsed and corrupt officials get to continue abusing their social mandates.
Its only as stupid as we make it. Atm, we've got a country that's invested an enormous amount of time, energy, and labor hours in infesting our senior population with brain worms. That needs to change and simply voting isn't going to be the thing that does it.
We agree on all of this. You just have some small glimmer of hope and mine's been crushed by reality.