i don't even have a favorite politician. no person-cult for me, nuh uh
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I was supposed to have a favorite politician? I just assume that anyone who wanted a position of power is probably plotting something
Having a favorite politician seems odd to me
Yup. This right here. It's not a fucking sporting event.
If you have a politician that you rank above others, then by definition, that is your favorite politician.
What if they’re my least disliked instead?
I would say preferred, not favorite
Every election here in Sweden and EU I come to the same conclusion:
There are no good political parties, the best you can do is to vote for the least bad party, and hope that it works out.
Except the 'least bad' party gets 0.8% votes and almost all the votes go to worst and second worst. What most people mean by 'least bad' is simply 'less bad', as in 'less bad than the other one'. And even that 'less bad' classification can be troublesome to wrap your head around.
Coming from Sweden, with proportional representation I can tell you that we do get niche parties elected for seats in the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) or Kommunstyrelse (municipal government) from time to time.
So it isn't out of the question
Pretty much all over the world people say that and then race to vote for the second worst party/person because “the better one could never win.”
Vote for who you most align with, anything less than that is just betraying yourself and prolonging the inevitable slide to the right.
The issue you are describing seems to mostly stem from the idiotic and unfair system of first past the post, Sweden has proportional representation, so I do end up voting for the party I mostly align with, even if it is a completely new party.
I have voted for several different parties in the three normal elections, even at the same election day.
Then we have the act of protest voting, as well as support voting. These are tactics you can use in a proper voting system with a healthy amount of political alliances.
Yea I’m in Canada and it’s that problem. We should be 8-9 years deep into ranked choice or similar but our centrist party that ran on that promise fucked it up big time because they realized that they’d probably never win an election ever again. Their entire platform basically depends on the Conservatives being such absolute trash that no one feels safe voting for our leftist, progressive party.
People will socially and otherwise murder to keep proper voting systems out of the USA.
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Thank you. This incessant capitulation to the lowest common denominator is why across the world we are seeing a rise in regressive, right-wing ideology.
People stopped fighting for better and have just consigned themselves to accepting literally the 2nd worst option out of fear that the worst option will succeed.
It's a shitty catch-22 that is fundamental aspect of electoralist politics and why I vehemently am against them as a political structure.
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The people who need to read this cannot read.
I wish that was a joke. There is a direct correlation with the rise of fascism and the decline of American reading scores. Currently nearly a quarter of our adult population is functionally illiterate. Meaning they can identify words, they can send texts, they can reply to messages or read headlines, but are incapable of anything more advanced than that.
We somehow think that there's a sharp line between "cannot read at all" and "can sit down with a paperback and be whisked away to another world" when actually it's a spectrum, like everything else.
Really what this means is that a sizeable set of our population, because they suck at reading, also suck at forming language in their heads, and because of this cannot manage and consider complicated, abstract ideas or reframe thoughts into words that can be analyzed. When you live like this, you tend to just go along with whatever other people are doing and you have intense emotional reactions to everything you see.
This is precisely why it's every government's top priority to cripple the education system. Or if it's already crippled - either cripple it further or just keep it as is, depending on the circumstances.
Personally I live in the EU, so it's not nearly as bad for me as it is for Americans. However, even in Europe most politicians and their parties get elected simply because people don't know better and follow whatever their preferred TV station says.
A lot of Europeans also have difficulties separating personal feelings from politics. You criticize one politician and suddenly everyone is mad, because that means you must be a devoted supporter of their opponent. Sometimes it feels like everyone is brainwashed, because they can only do 'white' or 'black', as if there were no other shades in between.
Having a favorite politician is weird, like having a favorite landlord. You should care about the policies and efficacy of your politician, and not really give a fuck beyond that, unless they are a rapist, serial drunk driver, or something like that.
~~favorite~~ least hated?
I think "most tolerable" would be acceptable.
It's worse than that, there are Republicans that know he's morally reprehensible, might destroy the country, know he is incompetent, and still worship him.
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If you're an American and you can't name... let's say... 10 presidents, then it's probably a bad sign if you even have a favorite politician.
I disagree with Bernie Sanders about eliminating national-states.
There.
I said it.
Cool, well I disagree with this and vehemently believe that progress will never be achieved until we abolish the concept of the state.
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John Brown died (how could he?!) and left America without guidance until Malcolm X came around...
This is a two way street though. Someone should tell both sides. They both love their billionaires. Notice how neither side has gotten shit done that help the people?
If your sides are left and right they don't both love billionaires.
Take an ideological side, not a political party side.
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"You should be worshipping ME instead! Nyeh-heh-heh-heh-heh!"
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