• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Voting for your interests isn’t “refusing to participate”. It’s the bare minimum in a democracy. It sounds like you’ve chosen to participate in a way which is counter to your own interests, and you’re calling out others for not following your flawed logic.

    Look, I know that many of the candidates I vote for are long-shot candidates. It’s highly unlikely that they will win. But if I don’t vote for them, then I’m part of the problem. I’m helping to make it even less likely that they win.

    Being part of the winning team feels good, but politics isn’t like football or hockey. This is an important civic responsibility.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Sure, if you live in a state where the result is obvious, then yes vote third party. But you know that they’re not going to win, and the only thing that accomplishes is visibility and possibly funding. You know that at the end of the day, the office will be won by one of the big two.

      My opposition is to broadly advocating that for everyone. Too many people do live in swing states to be flippantly both-sidesing an election where Project 2025 is on the table.