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> which party do I vote for if I want... Congratulations, Citizen! You have discovered that you live in a democracy, and you hold a minority viewpoint. This is

> which party do I vote for if I want... Congratulations, Citizen! You have discovered that you live in a democracy, and you hold a minority viewpoint. This is a feature of the system, not a bug. The benefit is: There are countless other minority viewpoints (some of which involve your immediate execution) that will also not be automatically scheduled for implementation. The solution here is to start campaigning! Not for political office, you've got little chance of that - but rather to shift the public consciousness so that the entire body politic is more sympathetic to your viewpoint. Your political opponent is the Overton Window. Good luck, Citizen.

sudosysgen 6y ago
The political opponent isn't the Overton Window. It's the 2-party system and the ratchet effect. No matter how the population feels on a particular issue, as long as the elites of both parties disagree, there is no way for it to be implemented. A wedge issue will be substituted and strategic voting will ensure compliance. Then, the issue will be substituted in the public discourse with a choice between the status-quo and something even worse, or something marginaly better and something significantly worse. In the end, there is no way to campaing as long as you have both political institutions against you. In the United States, there is no statistically significant correlation between the sympathy of the "body politic", if you take that to be the mass of voters, and actual policy[0]. Put simply, your rationalization is a feel-good narrative. And that's not even considering media capture, manufactured consent, ideological indoctrination through cultural hegemony, etc... [0]: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli...

sudosysgen 6y ago

The political opponent isn't the Overton Window. It's the 2-party system and the ratchet effect. No matter how the population feels on a particular issue, as long as the elites of both parties disagree, there is no way for it to be implemented. A wedge issue will be substituted and strategic voting will ensure compliance. Then, the issue will be substituted in the public discourse with a choice between the status-quo and something even worse, or something marginaly better and something significantly worse. In the end, there is no way to campaing as long as you have both political institutions against you. In the United States, there is no statistically significant correlation between the sympathy of the "body politic", if you take that to be the mass of voters, and actual policy[0]. Put simply, your rationalization is a feel-good narrative. And that's not even considering media capture, manufactured consent, ideological indoctrination through cultural hegemony, etc... [0]: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli...