sj_zero on Nostr: People don't understand that there are actually at least three candidates on every ...
People don't understand that there are actually at least three candidates on every ballot -- if there's only one R and one D, then the third candidate is staying home and playing Halo. And a lot of people don't realize that, they assume that either the R or the D is entitled to the vote.
Another thing that people can do is third party. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that that third party is going to win! But I've seen it before that if your party of choice isn't giving you what you want, and enough people vote for the third party, then the party of choice might start looking at all those votes and realize "hey, I could have gotten all these votes. Why did they get those votes and not me?"
People don't think long term, and you can see it in these terms -- a congressman in the US is only in power for 2 years, president for four, a senator for 6. Despite that, people act as if every election is a lifetime appointment.
Of course there's some people who are acting as if the current president will refuse to step down, and honestly even if that were true and I don't think it is, you would also need to have everyone agree to that, and considering that for example Vance has a pretty good shot at being the next president, I don't think he's particularly interested in supporting violating the Constitution to keep Trump in. I think that if push came to shove, the courts have already shown that they're not going to stand by and allow that, the house of representatives isn't likely to allow that (since it damages their power), the military isn't likely to allow that, so we're looking at 4 years for this guy.
Personally, I don't want to see Republican hegemony, so I'm hoping that the Democrats take the next 4 years to go back to the drawing board and figure out why people are playing Halo instead of voting for them. I don't think it would take a whole lot to become palatable to the majority again.
Another thing that people can do is third party. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that that third party is going to win! But I've seen it before that if your party of choice isn't giving you what you want, and enough people vote for the third party, then the party of choice might start looking at all those votes and realize "hey, I could have gotten all these votes. Why did they get those votes and not me?"
People don't think long term, and you can see it in these terms -- a congressman in the US is only in power for 2 years, president for four, a senator for 6. Despite that, people act as if every election is a lifetime appointment.
Of course there's some people who are acting as if the current president will refuse to step down, and honestly even if that were true and I don't think it is, you would also need to have everyone agree to that, and considering that for example Vance has a pretty good shot at being the next president, I don't think he's particularly interested in supporting violating the Constitution to keep Trump in. I think that if push came to shove, the courts have already shown that they're not going to stand by and allow that, the house of representatives isn't likely to allow that (since it damages their power), the military isn't likely to allow that, so we're looking at 4 years for this guy.
Personally, I don't want to see Republican hegemony, so I'm hoping that the Democrats take the next 4 years to go back to the drawing board and figure out why people are playing Halo instead of voting for them. I don't think it would take a whole lot to become palatable to the majority again.