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ConsciousLiterature t1_ivio1ek wrote

Reply to comment by spaceofreason in The ethics of voting for the 'lesser of two evils' by ADefiniteDescription

This is a self defeating argument. No third party will ever gain traction if the argument against third party voting is that they won't gain traction.

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Shufflepants t1_ivk4c2h wrote

The thing keeping third parties from being relevant is the voting system itself. One cannot sanely advocate for third parties without first advocating changing the voting system itself to something else that would allow for the relevance of third parties like some kind of ranked choice voting. The Nash Equilibrium for a first past the post, single vote system where voters have some information about past and current voting patterns is a two party/candidate hegemony.

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FranksRedWorkAccount t1_ivlf84a wrote

Why not spend your whole life advocating for conservatives to consider developing a strong third party option? At least that way even if you don't succeed you will be doing some good.

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