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The thesis of tfa seems to be that you’re not independent if you ignore your own experience, which seems a fair and natural definition, and which is defined in
by photonthug 2y ago
The thesis of tfa seems to be that you’re not independent if you ignore your own experience, which seems a fair and natural definition, and which is defined in terms of policy line items. You might still have to vote along party lines consistently to get the least evil choice, but that doesn’t make you less independent.
To NOT be independent you need to start ignoring what you know/see and just take the party line uncritically about everything. Thats almost 100% of all people.. good luck finding nuanced arguments on anything now that the general public is as tribal as the actual politicos. In this sense, well “controlled by elites” is contentious and unhappy phrasing for sure, but what else to call it?
- drewcoo 2y ago> vote along party lines consistently to get the least evil choice, but that doesn’t make you less independent I don't see how the cause of partisanship determines whether it's "real" or "independent" partisanship.
- photonthug 2y agoBecause in reality and by design, we don’t really get to vote on single issues, we vote on several at once, and the way this works is tantamount to coercion. So of course it matters. When you cast a ballot to indicate some interest that you “enjoy strawberries and kicks to the head” you won’t get a lot of good information about strawberries.