> Is everyone that voted for Obama also complicit in the human misery/genocides in Libya On one hand, all American citizens are complicit in US foreign policy.

> Is everyone that voted for Obama also complicit in the human misery/genocides in Libya On one hand, all American citizens are complicit in US foreign policy. On the other hand, anti-war voters who voted for Obama didn’t do so because they sold out, it was because the idea that McCain or Romney would be more dovish is transparently ridiculous. Some people may comfort themselves in a consumerist, selfish fantasy that their vote must express their principles. But voting is an exercise or limited power, not personal expression. Using this power responsibly means taking seriously its compromises and limitations. Going back to the employment analogy: working for an ethically suspicious employer because you are facing homelessness is a lot more defensible than the Harvard grad who worked for McKinsey after writing a blog post pretending to be anguished about the moral choices.