Progressives should continue voting for the shitty corporate democratic presidential candidates

there may be ZERO great principles guiding D. but i can not abide those which guide R: 1. refusal to acknowledge science, esp. the ongoing global pollution catastrophe 2. refusal to accept validity of taxes and regulation 3. refusal to accept separation of church and state

Progressives should continue voting for the shitty corporate democratic presidential candidates

i want this to allow new parties to emerge, but this may be naive. maybe instead, this causes splintering parties, and we end up back where we started in a "two-coalition system", as a fundamental consequence of a majority-vote-rules system.

Progressives should continue voting for the shitty corporate democratic presidential candidates

republicans are the party of hierarchical authoritarianism, democrats are not. it makes republicans stronger despite being (barely) a minority, and it makes democrats the only option that allows for the possibility of incremental change.

Progressives should continue voting for the shitty corporate democratic presidential candidates

changing our mechanisms of representation (IRV) is the only actual path out of the mess. 100% of R and 90% of D don't want that. that other 10% is our hope.

Progressives should continue voting for the shitty corporate democratic presidential candidates

because of 1, 2, 3: until then, my vote is pragmatic anti-republican, which just means democrat.

Progressives should continue voting for the shitty corporate democratic presidential candidates

3. if there's a specific third party candidate that i'm personally campaigning and advocating for, i'll vote for them (not libertarians, the only other recent option with any meaningful votes). if i'm not doing that, complaining about the system and making a "protest vote" are pointless.

Progressives should continue voting for the shitty corporate democratic presidential candidates

2. i don't really give a shit about the democratic party. i'm not a democrat, i don't like them, criticisms of them don't mean much to me.

Progressives should continue voting for the shitty corporate democratic presidential candidates

1. the republican party consistently earns my anti-vote, via the policies and principles that actually do distinguish them from the democrats. they're anti-fact, almost as a foundational principle.

Toilet paper should always be mounted with loose end falling over the front of the roll.

When the toilet paper holder is mounted behind you, it is useless. In this case, the toilet paper should be left sitting on the countertop.