In political science, Duverger’s law holds that single-ballot plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favor a two-party system.
The thing is, what’s your preference? Disappointment on a regular basis, or transparent hate and naked greed? Destruction can only last so long, but a slow slide into depression can last forever. Voting Red often ends up being the accelerationist choice as much as support for their vile beliefs.
I’m not exactly set on “brighter”, but at least it will be “different”. Right now, I feel like something has to give. Voting alone won’t get us out of the hole we’ve been buried in. Trusting the same people who lied and brought us to this point won’t get us to a better place. I’m really not against a different path that makes push come to shove anymore, is all.
I understand the frustration, but this is a major gamble. “Different” can easily be worse, with potentially irreversible consequences. Voting alone isn’t enough, especially given the options, but neither is rolling the dice. Citizens aren’t powerless when they get involved, organize, and actively push for better solutions together.
The problem is that many people see the system ending up with “vote blue AND the fascists get their way”. It ends up being totally discouraging.
I understand being discouraged that Blue doesn’t deliver
But I don’t understand how that matters when Red is openly promising death and destruction
Red only wins elections when Blue voters stay home so we could always at least stop Red
The thing is, what’s your preference? Disappointment on a regular basis, or transparent hate and naked greed? Destruction can only last so long, but a slow slide into depression can last forever. Voting Red often ends up being the accelerationist choice as much as support for their vile beliefs.
Kinda hard to benefit from voting red after they kill you…
Accelerationism sounds nice, unless you have issues with a few million corpses, of them probably yourself.
Oh no 🥲 besides being wholly divorced from reality you also think there’s a brighter future on the other side of accelerationist collapse
Politics has simply become an unserious affair
I’m not exactly set on “brighter”, but at least it will be “different”. Right now, I feel like something has to give. Voting alone won’t get us out of the hole we’ve been buried in. Trusting the same people who lied and brought us to this point won’t get us to a better place. I’m really not against a different path that makes push come to shove anymore, is all.
I understand the frustration, but this is a major gamble. “Different” can easily be worse, with potentially irreversible consequences. Voting alone isn’t enough, especially given the options, but neither is rolling the dice. Citizens aren’t powerless when they get involved, organize, and actively push for better solutions together.