You might as well say neither side are perfect (which no one disagrees with).

And here we are with perfect being the enemy of the good…

> You might as well say neither side are perfect (which no one disagrees with).

Maybe if you want to manufacture consent for the broken system which continues to make lives worse with each passing year instead of confront it.

If you're trying to find agreement, maybe say both sides are responsible for widespread misery, and corruption/exploitable systems and perpetual settling for lesser-evils among "voters" is what keeps us on this path.

And before anybody tries to blame the non-voters, abstaining from voting in a broken system is indeed a vote.

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IAmBroom a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> And before anybody tries to blame the non-voters, abstaining from voting in a broken system is indeed a vote.

... Yes, I agree. Abstaining from voting is the same as voting for Trump.

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

	▲	swed420 a day ago \| parent [-]
		And as my parent comment says, voting for complicit Dems is a future vote for him. Treating a corrupt system as legitimate is what perpetuates it. Only one of the three options marks it as illegitimate. Collectively admitting the problem is a prerequisite to fixing it.