Honestly, your Macron/Le Pen example makes me wonder if I actually know better lol. Especially in an electoral system that leaves you with literally only two options in the second round, my brain would want to figure out which one would do less harm and vote for them. I wouldn't see the point in staying home or voting blank, wouldn't seem to do anything. Like if I were French and the next Presidential election does come down to Macron and Le Pen part II, I might still bother to vote for Macron. Even with all the awful shit he's done. I still sorta feel like the open faced fascist is scarier enough than the neolib to bother voting. Maybe it would be different if I was actually in France right now and living through Macron though, idk. Maybe it would be different for me if it was personal the way this shit with Biden is.
But yeah, this is just how my brain functions. I literally can't get out of this kind of thinking. If I see two things and both are bad but one seems less bad, that difference matters to my brain. With the Biden thing, I just am out of reasons to actually see Biden as materially different from Trump. But my brain is still kinda compartmentalizing that to specifically Biden and Trump.
I wouldn't lift a finger to vote again for Macron. He's passed so many authoritarian laws, has many corrupt officials in his cabinet, and some of them even hail from the far-right organizations, the most prominent of them being our security minister. So far, he's done everything he accused the far right would do should they be elected. Should she win in 2022, I know where I'll stand on the matter.
Honestly, your Macron/Le Pen example makes me wonder if I actually know better lol. Especially in an electoral system that leaves you with literally only two options in the second round, my brain would want to figure out which one would do less harm and vote for them. I wouldn't see the point in staying home or voting blank, wouldn't seem to do anything. Like if I were French and the next Presidential election does come down to Macron and Le Pen part II, I might still bother to vote for Macron. Even with all the awful shit he's done. I still sorta feel like the open faced fascist is scarier enough than the neolib to bother voting. Maybe it would be different if I was actually in France right now and living through Macron though, idk. Maybe it would be different for me if it was personal the way this shit with Biden is.
But yeah, this is just how my brain functions. I literally can't get out of this kind of thinking. If I see two things and both are bad but one seems less bad, that difference matters to my brain. With the Biden thing, I just am out of reasons to actually see Biden as materially different from Trump. But my brain is still kinda compartmentalizing that to specifically Biden and Trump.
I wouldn't lift a finger to vote again for Macron. He's passed so many authoritarian laws, has many corrupt officials in his cabinet, and some of them even hail from the far-right organizations, the most prominent of them being our security minister. So far, he's done everything he accused the far right would do should they be elected. Should she win in 2022, I know where I'll stand on the matter.
Yeah, thats fair, I probably would think the same if I lived there.