And fuck those who say that a lot of Americans didn’t vote, as though that exonerates them.
The US disenfranchises voters with a variety of techniques. One of those techniques is to foster guarantee popular candidates aren’t afforded a place on the general election ballot.
If you’ve got nobody to vote for, I can’t blame you for not voting. Demanding people participate in a ritualized farce of democracy when the race is uncontested is pure foolishness.
It’s not your hook. They’re dealing with their fascists. You’re dealing with yours.
When Canada stops putting members of the Ford family in elected offices and clapping for real literal 1930s Nazis, they can tell the Americans about how to do democracy correctly.
They could still vote against an obviously horrible candidate.
That’s not how elections work. The seat doesn’t sit vacant because enough people vote “I don’t like you” to the winning candidate.
The US disenfranchises voters with a variety of techniques. One of those techniques is to foster guarantee popular candidates aren’t afforded a place on the general election ballot.
If you’ve got nobody to vote for, I can’t blame you for not voting. Demanding people participate in a ritualized farce of democracy when the race is uncontested is pure foolishness.
Not letting them off the hook that easily.
They could still vote against an obviously horrible candidate.
It’s not your hook. They’re dealing with their fascists. You’re dealing with yours.
When Canada stops putting members of the Ford family in elected offices and clapping for real literal 1930s Nazis, they can tell the Americans about how to do democracy correctly.
That’s not how elections work. The seat doesn’t sit vacant because enough people vote “I don’t like you” to the winning candidate.