Gregory's Serverquick crash course on democracy:
- not voting is never an option
- you don’t have to like who you vote for
- almost every election will be about mitigating damage; pick the lesser of two evils no matter how thin that margin is
- it’s totally valid to treat your vote as a vote against the other person (rather than a vote for your person)
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today, the US two party system. a local/state/congress seat election might be a good place to make a statement against it. a high-stakes presidential election is not the place for that.  @samhenrigold if I can’t win the game on a walk-off grand slam I’d rather lose than win the game by hitting singles 😤  @samhenrigold voting for "the lesser evil" is also an essential strategy for gaining political power, as evidenced by the US Republicans. How do you amass political power for unpopular politics, say overturning Roe v Wade? Voting for "the lesser evil" consistently. |
every election will come down to two people. one of those two people will win.
even if 2024 comes down to an on-fire bag of dogshit vs the exact same bag of dogshit except that bag is a vocal supporter of antitrust legislation, one of the bags of shit will win.
so you might as well pick the less bad one, even if it’s only better by the tiniest margin