In a first passed the post voting system, there will always be only two candidates that matter. 3rd party candidates do exist but every vote you give to them instead of the lesser evil ultimately removes a vote against the grater evil.
This is basic voting strategy. It sucks that the system works this way, but reality sucks sometimes.
Voting 3rd party to “show them” is waisting your power and playing into the desires of the current power structures. With the little power we have been given by the system, we should be using it to maximize our desired outcomes.
The best we can do in the US currently though voting for a president is to slow the decay and allow other initiatives more time to work and give more people a chance to wake up before this power is removed from us.
The current power structures LOVE first past the post because it means fools like you will unconditionally support them no matter what they do. If you use the only power you have at the voting booth to support the status quo, things will never ever change. Stop lying to yourself.
In a first passed the post voting system, there will always be only two candidates that matter. 3rd party candidates do exist but every vote you give to them instead of the lesser evil ultimately removes a vote against the grater evil.
This is basic voting strategy. It sucks that the system works this way, but reality sucks sometimes.
Voting 3rd party to “show them” is waisting your power and playing into the desires of the current power structures. With the little power we have been given by the system, we should be using it to maximize our desired outcomes.
The best we can do in the US currently though voting for a president is to slow the decay and allow other initiatives more time to work and give more people a chance to wake up before this power is removed from us.
If you want more details CPG Grey does an excellent video on how this happens called Minority Rule: First Past the Post Voting https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo?si=agab-WYAn5Ro5Gs2
The current power structures LOVE first past the post because it means fools like you will unconditionally support them no matter what they do. If you use the only power you have at the voting booth to support the status quo, things will never ever change. Stop lying to yourself.
I never said those things. You should probably re-read my post. As I said, voting will only slow the decay. It won’t “fix” anything.
Voting for the party of Capital will not slow decay, stop lying to yourself.