A parable on this election
Oct. 11th, 2016 12:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyNaturally, the first comment is all "But this just perpetuates our shitty two party system!"
No, the fact that we have a two party system perpetuates our two party system. Voting third party won't fix that. At best, you'll end up replacing one of the two parties with your party, and that won't actually fix anything.
If you really hate the two party system, I suggest you figure out why we've got one and then start trying to fix the "first past the post" election system that caused this whole mess. (And also? Try to make some headway into the fact that both parties are bought and paid for by big business. Adding more parties into the system without fixing that will really not fix anything.)
No, the fact that we have a two party system perpetuates our two party system. Voting third party won't fix that. At best, you'll end up replacing one of the two parties with your party, and that won't actually fix anything.
If you really hate the two party system, I suggest you figure out why we've got one and then start trying to fix the "first past the post" election system that caused this whole mess. (And also? Try to make some headway into the fact that both parties are bought and paid for by big business. Adding more parties into the system without fixing that will really not fix anything.)
