Oddbean new post about login | logout This is why I always vote Democrat: to accelerate a system reset by allowing all the worst choices to be made, forcing people to reject the system.
I have some respect for ‘don’t feed the system take,’ but I respectfully think this is 1) a terribly nihilistic take and 2) you must not have kids
When you realize you’ve already lost everything, accelerationism is the only option: you need everyone to realize they’ve lost everything too.
Voting for an admitted ‘worse’ demonstrates that “we haven’t lost everything.” It seems like a contradiction.
Because one devil is worse than another means we haven’t lost everything? On a serious note, I’m not voting for accelerationism, but only because Trump is running. But I’m awfully close.
I guess the “devil” is in the details so to speak. I just wouldn’t be voting for people in a broken system who want to take away my and my kids natural rights/throw us in prison. I will vote this election, (1st since Ron Paul) but see more utility in most elections not voting/feeding the system. (As explained above) Agree to disagree though. Just can’t quite wrap my head around your perspective.
I think nihilism is more like choosing the lesser of two evils, or compromising with evil because you think you have no choice. Taking the third option doesn't seem nihilistic at all to me. Trusting that *something* else can happen is faith, and faith is the opposite of nihilism.