My Girlfriend Thinks You're Retarded

In response to: "Rat: i agree that the dems arent the most efficient bunch, and that we should be skeptical of either side, but you can't tell me you were happy with a right controlled congress, or would have preferred it to have stayed that way. At the very least, Dems have effectively exhausted their whiny excuse about not having power to do anything in congress so they dont try. This has unfortunately always been the choice between the lesser of two evils, and at least now, the lesser evil has a chance to attempt to do some shit right this time around." (by everfalling)


That's short-sighted. I don't want a Republican controlled congress. I don't want a Democrat controlled congress.

I am talking about change, fuck "lesser evils" and mediocrity. In order to incite change, we need to hit rock bottom. In order to keep us from hitting rock bottom, Diebold and the rest of our government's corporate crime accomplices help the "lesser evil" myth continue. Sure IRV could help, but it doesn't change the system. That's a baby-step in the right direction, which would definitely be a good thing. But hell, in the presidential election our vote still doesn't mean ANYTHING. It's just a show for the media! Remember the Electoral College? It still exists! Concerning at least our presidential vote, it doesn't matter. Diebold and the Electoral College are very real and very neutering to your ability to create change in a presidential race through vote.

We interrupt these proceedings for some choice inspirational words from Tyler Durden: "It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything." "Only after disaster can we be resurrected."

Now, why is a third party vote not a waste? Because 1) it is a good idea to vote. If people stopped voting, then the whole damn thing (a promising convention if used in a system that accounts for it) could quite possibly be gone before we knew it. 2) The more votes a third party receives from the people that actually care enough to vote for who they seriously believe in, agree with, respect, etc. the greater the possibility that people might start listening. That the system may start changing. That the corporate elite may start noticing. That the media may begin broadcasting...

The longer people keep ignoring the fact that they should vote for the presidential candidate that best represents their own political views, the longer mediocrity/lesser evils/lying/lack of change/political stupidity/etc. will persevere. I'm not talking about the next 4 years, I'm talking about the next 60. Stop furthering the bullshit system that you critique! The least you can do is vote for the candidate with which you most accurately politically identify. Otherwise, you're throwing your vote away.