• osarusan@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    So then we really don’t have a democracy

    We have a kind of democracy

    since we’re being forced to only vote for Trump or Biden, instead of other candidates we might align with better?

    You’re not forced to vote for one of them. But they are the only two for whom a vote matters.

    You are free to not vote. You are free to vote for a third party. You are free to vote for a joke candidate. But if you care at all about the outcome of the election, there is absolutely a correct person to vote for. Until we elect a congress that will pass comprehensive voting reform laws, it doesn’t matter who you align with; it only matters which of the “big two” you prefer to win.

    The game we play has specific rules. If you care about the future, you should play by them. The hard work of changing the system into something better takes place in between elections, not during election years.