re: #68 Targetpractice

Voting is not supposed to be about the endorphin rush of “your” candidate winning, it’s supposed to be about getting your voice heard and making sure that you’re represented. A big part of the reason modern politics is such a mess is because it’s a “team” sport, with the emphasis upon supporting your “team” to the detriment of you and yours.

I actually have more respect for the assholes who vote third party in “protest” than I do sad sacks who just mumble “My vote doesn’t matter” and stay home.

I ask my progressive friends, will climate change get dealt with if people simply say “I can drive an ICE becuase my gas guzzler does not really matter since it is such a small part.?” No. Will climate change get dealt with if people say “My use of incandescent bulbs does not really matter because it is such a small part?” No.

We win because we all work to make it happen.

Same with politics. It may be more expensive to use LED but we do it because every bit helps. We might not like everything that Biden does but every bit helps. Someone who refuses to vote because it does not matter has the same world view as those who support during burning coal. QED ;-)