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Can we just find someone reaaally moderate or even someone who contractually obligates themselves to doing literally nothing in office and then vote for them? L
by eximius 10y ago
Can we just find someone reaaally moderate or even someone who contractually obligates themselves to doing literally nothing in office and then vote for them? Literally any 3rd party candidate we can all agree on to vote for instead of these two.
- awinder 10y agoI'm curious about what, in the current state of America, screams "we can just do nothing for the next 8 years and it'll all be good"
- humanrebar 10y agoI think the argument is against doing something especially rash or corrupt because of the current state of America. What would happen if another Watergate occurred in the next few years?
- eximius 10y agoI think nothing is objectively better than the results we'd get from either candidate. We will not improve our situation, but I don't believe we'll devolve into chaos either. With Trump he might bomb someone or aggravate existing problems or something else unimaginably stupid. With Hillary we'll just see an increase in corruption and an expansion of the rights of corporations at the costs of the individual.
- metaphorm 10y agowhat is the appeal of "reaaally moderate" to you? 8 years of moderate, ineffectual government has been the Obama administration exactly. just because Fox News accuses Obama of being a radical leftist doesn't make it even remotely close to true. Obama is precisely the kind of moderate you're asking for. It's gotten us nowhere.
- eximius 10y agoBetter than blatantly corrupt or blatantly racist?
- DefaultUserHN 10y ago>Better than blatantly corrupt or blatantly racist? Come on. That's just typical election year rhetorics. Try to focus on the policies of each candidate.
- eximius 10y agoWhat, you think that won't/hasn't informed their policies?
- DefaultUserHN 10y agoThey both just want what's best for their country.
- metaphorm 10y agothat doesn't really make sense as a response to my comment. the OP article is a summary of how NEITHER candidate (the corrupt one or the bigot) can claim to represent the electorate. they are both appointees of un-representative minority factions. your post, which I was replying to, was advocating for some kind of moderate politician as an alternative. I pointed out that Obama has already been that politician. I'm questioning your notion that what we need is a moderate. In other words, your suggestion made no sense to me. Why did you suggest it?
- eximius 10y agoBecause thats the only way of appealing to "both" demographics enough to make it work. Right now voters are just siding with whoever they can stomach easiest.