Because who needs to thoughtfully engage with arguments about the utility of electoralism, when you can smugly make a bingo card, and pretend that you won?
Because who needs to thoughtfully engage with arguments about the utility of electoralism, when you can smugly make a bingo card, and pretend that you won?
Honestly the most success I have ever had arguing with libs has been because I threaten to use my single vote against them specifically out of spite.
I mean I'm not even an Amerikkkan and I wouldn't actually advocate for voting for Trump but if someone forced me to go to the polls and they supervised me in the booth so I couldn't spoil my ballot then I'd probably vote Trump in protest. But that's really outside of the realms of possibility because we're talking about a situation where it would be:
No option to not vote
No option not to cast a blank or spoilt ballot
No option to vote for a viable socialist candidate
So we're really talking about something that's the second-last option that I'd take rather than my first one.
If someone started organising an actual protest vote for the GOP in order to hold the DNC hostage I'd laugh about it because that's exactly what the Dems deserve and I'd wish them well but ultimately I just don't see electoralism as a viable strategy, that one included (especially because the DNC knows that a strong Trump means a strong upswing in donations to the Democratic party).
If it was the time when Bernie was in with a chance or if there were mass strikes or a general strike that was happening and there was a candidate who was significantly more willing to compromise with the strike action then I'd revise my position but under the current circumstances, nah.