Throwing away your vote on a “loser”
I can’t stand either liar running for Prez. But I’m told I have to vote for one of them or I’m so-called “throwing my vote away.”
Listen to that closely. Let’s take this out of politics for a second, just to make it clearer. Pretend I’m in Walmart, looking for a lawnmower. But something odd has happened since the last time I visited the store about twenty years ago. There’s nothing but shelves and shelves of fully recyclable turnip twaddlers and artisanal lego doghouses.
So, since I need a lawn mower, my only choice is to plunk $100 down on a twaddler. Otherwise I’m throwing my money away.
Say whuuuut?
The worst thing that could possibly happen to me is leaving with nothing? Really?
I know. In the political world, Walmart will follow me home and foist off on me either the twaddler or the doghouse, no matter what.
I don’t see how giving them my money — or my vote — improves my situation in any way. Paying to get something bad only increases my loss. I don’t need either of the useless blots. I need better choices.
As Jill Stein said recently,
“[In Egypt], it was illegal to have third parties. Here it’s just impossible.”
Heh. I happened to bump into this post six years later. By now we’ve had an election between a criminal conman and the most accomplished candidate in a century and Jill Stein let herself be used by Putin.
Times change.
I just want to make clear that my argument then about choosing between one competent corporate shill and another competent corporate shill still stands. Nor does it apply to choosing between a incompetent conman and a stateswoman.
quixote on February 11th, 2018 at 12:37