I get that they’re both bad options and not wanting to vote for a guy supporting a genocide,
Isn’t this reason enough? If we don’t draw the line at genocide, where do we draw the line?
I absolutely think that’s reason enough, but I also have the luxury of preferential voting so I’ve never had to consider voting for a ‘lesser of two evils’ even if the degree is quite small.
A preferential voting system just means you get to say what you would like while your vote gets shuffled around to a party that doesn’t support any of your views. Its a way to manufacturing consent by making people think their voice is being heard on single issues.
Representative democracy is a system where you get to vote on who represents the interests of the super rich. Politicians exist as a buffer between the working class and the ownership class but in capitalist nations they work exclusivcely for the ownership class (aka capitalists). The ownership class through its politicians offer the working class minor concessions or threats to subdue them so capitalist can continue exploiting them. Different politicians offer different methods that the ownership class will accept. Regardless of what they say, their policy will be to do the least possible to appease their voters and the most they can to further enrich their owners.
Preferential voting just makes it easier for the capitalists to know which crumb to throw voters next.
I don’t disagree at all, it just makes my voting choices more straightforward. What I find most sad about it, though, is that even though we could vote for any third party we want, the vast majority still vote for one of the big two basically identical on policy parties.
