Oddbean new post about login | logout @9ff9df5b @b05df304 Libertarianism is bad on its own merits, and a pointless protest vote, regardless.
@90bf4d25 Its not a protest vote.. its a vote for the ideology we think has any hope of saving the world @9ff9df5b
@b05df304 @9ff9df5b It's a protest vote. The candidate can't win, so what you're doing is electorally identical to not voting.
@90bf4d25 Well I guess I have to vote for Trump then... Id be throwing away my vote if I voted for biden, I dont think he would stand a chance against Trump. I mean sure Trump is literally the anti-christ, but id be throwing away my vote on biden, so I guess I have to vote Trump... @9ff9df5b
@b05df304 @9ff9df5b I actually don't care who you vote for. Yes, it makes you a terrible person, but I'm not responsible for you. The world is full of other terrible people, too.
@90bf4d25 Great, then you shouldnt have much need to keep blasting the two-party conspiracy theory nonsense my way. @9ff9df5b
@b05df304 @9ff9df5b You're capable of doing the math and proving to yourself that only Biden or Trump can win. I have no idea why you're pretending otherwise, or why you're bashing Biden with both-sider nonsense. Presumably, you're trolling. If so, go find a bridge.
@90bf4d25 I am not trolling.. Yes I've done the math.. There have been 59 elections for president in the history of the USA... in that time 8 of those have been elections where a third party from a previous year was one of the two top parties in the current election. In all those cases the third parties the year before a switch had about the same support as they do now in terms of percentage, and the next year shot up to 50%+ that works out to a 13.5% chance in any one election of a third party with ~2% support or less from a previous year will win that year. If we look at recent history points of note the last time one came close was Ross perot in 1992 at nearly 20% of the vote, and of course in the early part of 19th centraully where was also a third party coming into the top two. While all of that does suggest a third party is certainly the long-shot... to say impossible is just not factual... Depending on how you look at iut there is a 13.5% chance at best, at worst maybe a 5% chance of them winning. Voting for the non-evil choice with a 5% chance I will take any day than voting for teh super-evil choice who is just a tiny bit less evil than the other super-evil choice just because he had a 40% change of winning. Thats not a strategically wise tradeoff for me. @9ff9df5b
@90bf4d25 @b05df304 That Electoral College must be difficult, I never hear about anyone I know getting in.
@9ff9df5b KNOW YOUR ELECTORATES PEOPLE!!! @90bf4d25
@b05df304 @90bf4d25 I'm pretty sure my Electorates belong to the same club that invested in Pfizer before the vaccine came out thanks to insider information and they won't face any consequences. Not everyone in government is a bastard and some would like to see people go out like the former head of Wagner.