voting for the lesser evil really does result in better outcomes for society
Not when the Lesser Evil gets progressively more evil over time to try and pull votes from the Greater Evil camp. They have no incentive to implement any policies you’re in favor of as long as they have your guaranteed support. If the next Democrat promises to be as worthless as the last one, don’t vote for them.
It actually does, even considering that. That’s just how bad the greater evil party is. There’s a lot of space for the lesser evil party in their wake. But yes it does get worse overall either way. That’s why while voting is important, you really should be doing something beyond that as well, if you really care. And if you really care enough to do something beyond that, then merely voting should be trivial for you to manage.
Not in the long run. “Vote blue no matter who” is how we end up in 2036, with the republican on the ballot promising to execute all trans people, and the democrat promising to merely jail them.
Agreed, not in the long run. Voting is like stop the bleed on a traumatic injury. It’ll keep you alive in the short term so you can get more comprehensive care.
When the organizing and fighting that that you do beyond voting finally pays off. Like back to the analogy, if a wound is all dressed and banaged and healing, you no longer have to worry about stop the bleed.
Realisticay though, for the rest of your life. Because these are very large social moves that typically happen over generations. Unless you’re the next Che Guavara or something. In which case hell yeah go you.
Not when the Lesser Evil gets progressively more evil over time to try and pull votes from the Greater Evil camp. They have no incentive to implement any policies you’re in favor of as long as they have your guaranteed support. If the next Democrat promises to be as worthless as the last one, don’t vote for them.
It actually does, even considering that. That’s just how bad the greater evil party is. There’s a lot of space for the lesser evil party in their wake. But yes it does get worse overall either way. That’s why while voting is important, you really should be doing something beyond that as well, if you really care. And if you really care enough to do something beyond that, then merely voting should be trivial for you to manage.
Not in the long run. “Vote blue no matter who” is how we end up in 2036, with the republican on the ballot promising to execute all trans people, and the democrat promising to merely jail them.
Agreed, not in the long run. Voting is like stop the bleed on a traumatic injury. It’ll keep you alive in the short term so you can get more comprehensive care.
So if you know that it’s harmful in the long term, then when will you stop voting for the lesser evil?
When the organizing and fighting that that you do beyond voting finally pays off. Like back to the analogy, if a wound is all dressed and banaged and healing, you no longer have to worry about stop the bleed.
Realisticay though, for the rest of your life. Because these are very large social moves that typically happen over generations. Unless you’re the next Che Guavara or something. In which case hell yeah go you.