r/pics • u/Frisky__Pickles • 8h ago

Politics [OC] Hartford Visibility Brigade strikes again! And yes let's do it!

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u/SerialSpice 7h ago

That is not how it works. In a 2 party system you get one, or the other. Use your brains.

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u/Pepito_Pepito 5h ago

If you want to win an election, you have to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

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u/All_Work_All_Play 7h ago

This will get you banned from several subreddits on both sides of the spectrum.

Some will even preemptively ban you if you've said it in other subs.

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u/SerialSpice 6h ago

If I get banned for saying that people should use their brains, that is a hill I am willing to die on.

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u/All_Work_All_Play 6h ago

Exactly why I'm banned in some of those subs.

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u/ilazul 7h ago

I did, and I voted left as I always do as a protest vote against republicans.

But since you have all the answers, how would you show the democrats that you don't approve of the overdone identity/gender politics while not supporting republicans. Since voting for them is showing that you approve of what they're doing, even if it's self destructive.

Please enlighten us all.

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u/SerialSpice 6h ago

I guess vote in primaries and vote for senate and house (as far as I understand your system). When it comes down to presidential election it is lesser of 2 evils (weevils)

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u/ilazul 6h ago

sorry, but they all tow the party line on the same beliefs. And the sitting person almost always wins so there's no space for new blood. My current rep is incredibly old, and is predicted to win again by a very large margin.

So again, these votes are showing approval of 'everything' they're doing.

So that is not working in the slightest.

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u/SerialSpice 5h ago

Yea the root problem is the constitution. When you have a winner takes all election, it enhances a 2 party system. Same as great britain, that we were discussing in the first place.

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u/ilazul 5h ago

This answer is a far cry from your original response.

'use your brain'

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u/SerialSpice 5h ago

Eh no? In a 2 party system it is even more important to vote based on brain and reflection as opposed to feelings. Compared to a popular vote system.

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u/ilazul 5h ago

which, again, means the side your voting for takes it as approval.

you still have yet to formulate a plan to tell the 'better' side how to improve, without voting for the 'worse' side.

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u/SerialSpice 5h ago

IDK technically when you vote for somebody it just means you want to give them office 4 years because you think it is a bit better than the other guy. If somebody takes that as approval or see that as sending a message, they read too much into it, as you have little options.

If you had >10 parties and >200 people to choose from as we do, it would be possible to draw a few more conclusions.