I do not vote against anyone. I vote FOR someone or something I believe in.
This is not a mature or responsible way to wield your vote. All this lofty, emotional talk about "muh principles" or "standing for what I believe in"....none of that means anything. That's emotion, not reason. The vote tally doesn't care about your principles, and what you believe in counts for nothing if the person who represents the opposite of what you believe in takes power because you failed to invest your vote wisely and chose instead to let short-term emotional self-gratification guide your vote.
All that matters is election outcomes, and the policies of the winner.
Look, if you have three parties:
One that offers ALL of what you want.
One that offers SOME of what you want.
And one that offers NONE of what you want....
...And where the ALL of what you want party has no chance in hell regardless of how you vote, but the SOME of what you want party might be able to win if you vote for them, you would be an absolute fool to piss your vote away on the ALL party, because all you're really doing is making sure you end up getting NONE of what you want.
It's self-defeating, even if the surface level interpretation makes it seem like you're voting for your own interests by voting ALL. But that's just the surface level, childishly naive interpretation. The actual fact is, you're voting against your own interests by choosing NONE of what you want over SOME of what you want. Getting SOMETHING is better than getting NOTHING.
And none of the sentimentality about "Muh principles" or "what I believe in" counts for shit when the party who's offering NONE of what you want takes power.
Yeah the CPC's recent track record has been a dumpster fire. Scheer was a joke and he got caught up in a scandal, Jim Karahalios being kicked out, topped with last night's train wreck for counting ballots. It's like they want to lose. Hell Ford is acting like a Liberal too. Erin is slightly better than Mckay but not by much. I wish our right wing parties weren't so fucked. I'm praying for the day of the rake lol.
This is not a mature or responsible way to wield your vote. All this lofty, emotional talk about "muh principles" or "standing for what I believe in"....none of that means anything. That's emotion, not reason. The vote tally doesn't care about your principles, and what you believe in counts for nothing if the person who represents the opposite of what you believe in takes power because you failed to invest your vote wisely and chose instead to let short-term emotional self-gratification guide your vote.
All that matters is election outcomes, and the policies of the winner.
Look, if you have three parties:
...And where the ALL of what you want party has no chance in hell regardless of how you vote, but the SOME of what you want party might be able to win if you vote for them, you would be an absolute fool to piss your vote away on the ALL party, because all you're really doing is making sure you end up getting NONE of what you want.
It's self-defeating, even if the surface level interpretation makes it seem like you're voting for your own interests by voting ALL. But that's just the surface level, childishly naive interpretation. The actual fact is, you're voting against your own interests by choosing NONE of what you want over SOME of what you want. Getting SOMETHING is better than getting NOTHING.
And none of the sentimentality about "Muh principles" or "what I believe in" counts for shit when the party who's offering NONE of what you want takes power.
Yeah the CPC's recent track record has been a dumpster fire. Scheer was a joke and he got caught up in a scandal, Jim Karahalios being kicked out, topped with last night's train wreck for counting ballots. It's like they want to lose. Hell Ford is acting like a Liberal too. Erin is slightly better than Mckay but not by much. I wish our right wing parties weren't so fucked. I'm praying for the day of the rake lol.