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Some of the reasons I avoided voting major party the last 3 presidential election cycles. There are other options.
by jlj 9y ago
Some of the reasons I avoided voting major party the last 3 presidential election cycles. There are other options.
- jjoonathan 9y agoGame theory is like gravity and the law: it still applies even if you ignore it.
- arca_vorago 9y agoAmerica is a veritable history of black Swan events, which game theory as tight currently tends to not account for...
- knieveltech 9y agoTell that to the Whigs.
- jlj 9y agoIgnore what? Consciously choosing a non zero-sum option? That there is a spectrum of ideas, that everything is not black and white? Ignoring that choosing the major parties gets you to the same end result? Aside from snark what is the substance of your comment?
- jjoonathan 9y agoI'm talking about vote splitting and you know it. If you want to effect change, aim to nudge the platform building process. Lobbying, media attention, campaign involvement, there are many ways to have an effect that's perpendicular to the axis between R and D. Voting third party is dead last among them in that you can expect it to have predictable negative efficacy.