Our voting system requires that voters “compromise their morals” if they want to avoid electing the most immoral candidate.
That is a mathematical truth about first-past-the-post voting. It is part of why we should switch to approval voting, ranked choice, or another such system as soon as possible. Most other systems require less compromising your morals to meet the goal of keeping the worst candidate out of office.
The moral voter recognizes this, realizes they cannot fix the voting system before the next election …and refuses the temptation to let the bad guy win just to spite the insufficiently-good guy.
Morality ultimately rests on outcomes, not purity. If you take actions that are consistent with getting fascists elected, that is your morality right there.
Our voting system requires that voters “compromise their morals” if they want to avoid electing the most immoral candidate.
That is a mathematical truth about first-past-the-post voting. It is part of why we should switch to approval voting, ranked choice, or another such system as soon as possible. Most other systems require less compromising your morals to meet the goal of keeping the worst candidate out of office.
The moral voter recognizes this, realizes they cannot fix the voting system before the next election …and refuses the temptation to let the bad guy win just to spite the insufficiently-good guy.
Morality ultimately rests on outcomes, not purity. If you take actions that are consistent with getting fascists elected, that is your morality right there.
You’ve lost the plot and are condoning genocide to win an election.
You’re supporting the growth of fascism. Please stop.
You first. People are dying now. The election is next year. Even Antifa, ya know, the anti-fascists, are against what Israel’s doing.