TorturedBlazerFan
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I believe I said 'stuck' on the desert island. This is the situation you are faced with and these are your options. Not getting stuck on the island in the first place is obviously the better choice, but it is not a realistic choice when you are stuck. That's why I said what I said - in my opinion you can advocate and work for the cause of a viable additional parties all the time - but choosing one when it does nothing is a wasted vote. Donating for the 'green' party or passing pamphlets for the 'tortured' party can happen all the time - but it is a long-term goal - and the immediate goal is to choose between really bad and something that is not as bad (or at the very least, incompetent and competent) - with immediate implications. That's my opinion - I do not believe in the cause of additional parties so much that it consumes me to the point of wasting my vote, but if you do - good on you, I just think that logically it still makes not sense given the situation you face.
If we are going to the island example, you can work on building a raft while eating bugs instead of eat sand hoping it will help you survive.
It isn't a wasted vote though. No matter how many times you say it. No matter how many times CNN and Fox say it. Voting is literally the one way we supposedly have of telling the government what we want. It's not handing out pamphlets or making phone calls or emails they can ignore it's our vote. When we continue to just vote for the eels and the bugs and say well at least it's not sand, we are telling them over and over and over again how we are ok with the cycle they have created, that even though we know they're bugs and they aren't good for us either well that's alright because at least it's not an eel. It's a treadmill that the corporate media and sponsored politicians have created. People buying into the fallacy that not voting for the DNC and GOP's garbage is wasting their vote is a shame, it causes a lot of people to stay home. It bullies people into making decisions they don't want to make. Our votes are supposed to be our voice to the leaders of the country, it's supposed to help mold the country. It's not supposed to be picked for us by lobbyists, corporations, and lawmakers who make laws that benefit themselves.
I'd equate this more like being on a deserted island with an eel that will shock and kill you, or a poisonous bug that will kill you, or a raft that even if the chances are low you find civilization you still have a shot. I'll take the raft cause that's the only chance at survival that I see.