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> if the underlying assumptions were true: in a democracy you got the right to vote people out who misbehave. If you are blind to the differences between those
by thunky 3y ago
> if the underlying assumptions were true: in a democracy you got the right to vote people out who misbehave. If you are blind to the differences between those people, you are effectively letting those who are a little bit worse than the others stay. And so the spiral moves downwards and you will at some point in your life wake up and ask how it came to this.
Bingo. In my opinion, this is where we're at right now. Your choice as a voter is between bad and bad in part because the voting population has been stirred up to believe that the difference between the candidates is much bigger than it actually is.
I think your other points are reasonable, but you seem to be trying to shame anyone that refuses to pick a team instead of considering that maybe both teams stink.
- atoav 3y ago> I think your other points are reasonable, but you seem to be trying to shame anyone that refuses to pick a team instead of considering that maybe both teams stink. I am not from the US or UK and in my country any given election features more than two viable options, so I am not sure what you're talking about here. But I admit I don't envy US-americans with their choice between center-right and far-right politics on the national stage. What I said is more about individual political actors than about the parties they organize in. Of course it is also important to hold collective misbehaviour accountable, but in my eyes individual actions (both good and bad ones) deserve more attention.