Originally posted on https://www.reddit.com/r/AntifascistsofReddit/comments/1iak445/stand_together_no_surrender/ by /u/JaneOfKish
Originally posted on https://www.reddit.com/r/AntifascistsofReddit/comments/1iak445/stand_together_no_surrender/ by /u/JaneOfKish
True, and not at all related to the point I was truing to make.
“America’s favorite color” has a ballot featuring chartreuse, mauve, and taupe. This ballot cannot recognize a majority opinion of red, blue, or green. Those options are simply not present.
Likewise, the ballot we were given in November had no ability to recognize “no genocide” as a majority opinion.
A ballot is like a train, it gets you as close to your destination as possible
That’s a reasonable analogy.
Of course, when every station is further from your destination than from where you originally started, there’s no point in even getting on the train.
Sure, but if no station would get you anywhere close to where you want to be I’m not sure what you’re looking for from any political party.
I’m merely describing how the ballot was incapable of recognizing the majority position of “No Genocide”: There were no “No Genocide” options available on the ballot. One cannot rationally conclude that the majority wanted genocide simply because a genocidal candidate won the election: There was no “no genocide” candidate to vote for.
If the ballot is a train, the stations on this line are at the sewage treatment plant, the garbage dump, a stagnant swamp, and a rendering plant.
The majority position was clearly pro genocide, hence trumps win. And as per the train analogy getting closer to the no genocide stop means not voting for the repubs, there was a better chance under Kamala.