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"I'm just describing reality" is what I hear an awful lot in response to "wouldn't it be better if we..."s. My issue with them is that it's not mutually exclusi
by Aachen 3y ago
"I'm just describing reality" is what I hear an awful lot in response to "wouldn't it be better if we..."s. My issue with them is that it's not mutually exclusive. Just because you've got one realistic option per election (namely: second-worst, such that first-worst doesn't get to win) doesn't mean that the same party is always going to be "yours".
I think this line of thinking is part of the cause. It's compatible with "reality" to not think of either party as something one needs to be loyal to and, instead, look at your options. It's not a package deal
- whimsicalism 3y agoI'm registered as the party, it doesn't mean that I will always vote for them. Personally, I don't think that specific minutia of phraseology ("my" vs. "registered as") are as productive of our political reality as you do. I think it has to do with FPTP voting.
- Aachen 3y ago> I'm registered as the party, it doesn't mean that I will always vote for them Oh in that sense! I didn't read it that way, that makes more sense yes :) Wasn't trying to nitpick, the phrasing sounded like ballot loyalty to me, happy to be wrong