Even at face value, the whole “candidate earns your vote!” spiel is just not how our system works.
We have two options. You can nudge the outcome a tiny bit in either direction by directly voting for one, or you can let the other voters decide for you by either abstaining or voting 3rd, but end result is red team or blue team.
It’d be ideal if one of those actually did ‘earn’ your vote, but it doesn’t always pan out that way. If you’re not an idiot, you choose the one that’s least bad.
…and this election, one of the two options is a fucking Nazi.
I think Harris actually has done plenty to earn my vote beyond the whole lesser evil schtick, but frankly my praise or complaints about her are all moot because she’s not a fucking Nazi.
Stein wants to trick people into wasting their nudge away from the Nazi. Stein is helping the Nazi. Stein can go fuck herself.
Even at face value, the whole “candidate earns your vote!” spiel is just not how our system works.
We have two options. You can nudge the outcome a tiny bit in either direction by directly voting for one, or you can let the other voters decide for you by either abstaining or voting 3rd, but end result is red team or blue team.
It’d be ideal if one of those actually did ‘earn’ your vote, but it doesn’t always pan out that way. If you’re not an idiot, you choose the one that’s least bad.
…and this election, one of the two options is a fucking Nazi.
I think Harris actually has done plenty to earn my vote beyond the whole lesser evil schtick, but frankly my praise or complaints about her are all moot because she’s not a fucking Nazi.
Stein wants to trick people into wasting their nudge away from the Nazi. Stein is helping the Nazi. Stein can go fuck herself.