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do usians even know how their own system works? even mr. chomsky managed to figure out that voting third party in blue or red state is perfectly safe (in the most utilitarian/virtue ethics systems, as you aren't possibly responsible for result anyways) way to express dissatisfaction, a feat of intellectualism that eludes libs, including hasan and the rest of podcasting scene. much less possessing moral clarity to vote third party or none of the above in any conditions
They do not. Though most of the time it's willful ignorance. The amount of time I've tried to explain that land has more voting rights...
Honestly the way people act about it is very Christian. Everyone uses the outcomes to fuel their beliefs in "human nature" despite have conflicting opinions. It's honestly a wild thing to behold.
Because D vs R is a silent Civil War between very different cultures and actually has very little to do with "the issues". It's more of an emotional thing to spite the hateful racist crackers on the R side more than "improving access to healthcare" or whatever slop the Dems say they support.
I wish Democrats were honest about it.
Agreed
Do you ever watch sports? Because I don't, but my whole family does, and it's very much like that. It doesn't matter to them that the policies don't really change, and both teams keep supporting the system. What matters to them is that the "good team" wins.
Voting blue "no matter who" let's them vote their labor aristocratic and imperialist interests via-a-vis the global south, while also maintaining a smug sense of superiority about it. Just accepting that you might need to vote for a third candidate if you want to change anything might lead them to dangerous conclusions like internationalism or doing something actually useful instead of voting and posting on twitter about voting