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Originally Posted by silverdoctor
.....I don't do lesser of all evils....
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If only more voters would do that we might be able to get a system that would answer to the people.
IMO Democratic ideas are seriously undermined when someone votes "Lesser Evil". It is the "Lesser Evil" vote that gives us governments that manipulate the voting public, that pit region against region, voter against voter, voter against their own interests.
Voting Lesser Evil gives a fig leaf of democracy for governments to hide behind while they act against the interests of the Nation and it's people. It gives Nations leaders that should never get the reigns of power, and never would otherwise.
But it is what our government tells us to do. Our government wants people to vote, even when there is no one running that can or will represent our interests. Just vote, because voting gives the system a legitimacy it does not deserve. As we have seen a system that has us voting Lesser Evil sells out us and our Nation to the highest bidder while hiding behind that fig leaf of democracy.
IMO Lesser Evil is truly Evil when it comes to maintaining a healthy democracy.