In my view your idea is consent to the two party system, which is not explicitly forced by the constitution, but is being enforced more and more over time by your own behavior. One needs to have limits at least on what they consent to, even when their choice is neglect afterwards. The fact that not even both parties offered a pro zionist candidate, but even inside the democrat party, both candidates (Biden then Harris) were explicitly pro Zionist, this shows where loyalty to an institution no matter what leads to.
Christianity is often ridiculed for for being fanatic, but even though it is a religion, it had reforms (Martin Luther and the protestant denomination eventually) when the main Catholic church was corrupt (I’m sorry for the Christians reading this if I’m getting history wrong). My point is: this was a religion and accepted reforms, here we’re merely talking about a political party, a progressive one if I’m not wrong.
Why do you guys spend SO much time lecturing me on what I believe, making me go back and try to correct you on it.
This is tiring
In my view your idea is consent to the two party system
Absolutely not. I think the US government would be vastly improved if political parties were done away with (let alone these two specific political parties). Unions as the basic unit of political power, instead of a class of specialist politicians, would be a big improvement.
The issue is that “consent” or not is not really required. You can not consent to these two specific political parties, you can even choose not to vote as a way of expressing your lack of consent, and they can still tear-gas you or arrest you for refusing to go along with the laws they passed. My point is that refusing to vote, because you don’t like these two specific political parties being in charge, will not produce any positive change, and will in fact distract from a lot of positive change because now we have to fight against urgent threats to our safety and play defense.
If you were talking about ways to break the monopoly of these two political parties, and strategizing how to get that done, I would be completely in agreement with you. That’s not what you came out advocating for (or not in any effective way), so I’m disagreeing. Not complicated really.
One needs to have limits at least on what they consent to, even when their choice is neglect afterwards.
Glad you got to make your performative stand. Voting is not consent. Whatever happens, due to anyone who gets into office, is going to happen regardless unless people stand up and resist it. Voting is a way of giving input to the process.
Again: Going outside because the building is on fire is not consenting to the weather. It’s just self preservation. In this case, there are a whole bunch of Palestinians, and a whole bunch of Venezuelan fishermen, and a whole bunch of Hispanic people of all kinds, who could have been saved from some very severe consequences if you and others like you didn’t feel like making your stand.
If you want change, work for change. Stop yelling about how important it is not to vote. You’re taking out the smoke detectors saying that you don’t consent to the fire. You’re yelling “I do not consent! I do not consent!” while the cop is breaking your window anyway to pull you out. Most importantly, stop accusing me of claiming things that are not what I am claiming. Please and thank you.
That’s where we disagree. And just to make it clear, I’m not from USA, I’m just offering a critic. You might as well recall that I said I’m not your opponent :).
hmm, it seems to me that I didn’t write long paragraphs. I just said that I see “voting for lesser of two evils is consenting for evil”. And USA ran a 2 years long genocide in Gaza recently, they’re actually running a war close to my country periodically. It makes sense that I don’t distinguish much between the politicians who make decisions, and the population that is voting them in repeatedly.
In my view your idea is consent to the two party system, which is not explicitly forced by the constitution, but is being enforced more and more over time by your own behavior. One needs to have limits at least on what they consent to, even when their choice is neglect afterwards. The fact that not even both parties offered a pro zionist candidate, but even inside the democrat party, both candidates (Biden then Harris) were explicitly pro Zionist, this shows where loyalty to an institution no matter what leads to.
Christianity is often ridiculed for for being fanatic, but even though it is a religion, it had reforms (Martin Luther and the protestant denomination eventually) when the main Catholic church was corrupt (I’m sorry for the Christians reading this if I’m getting history wrong). My point is: this was a religion and accepted reforms, here we’re merely talking about a political party, a progressive one if I’m not wrong.
Why do you guys spend SO much time lecturing me on what I believe, making me go back and try to correct you on it.
This is tiring
Absolutely not. I think the US government would be vastly improved if political parties were done away with (let alone these two specific political parties). Unions as the basic unit of political power, instead of a class of specialist politicians, would be a big improvement.
The issue is that “consent” or not is not really required. You can not consent to these two specific political parties, you can even choose not to vote as a way of expressing your lack of consent, and they can still tear-gas you or arrest you for refusing to go along with the laws they passed. My point is that refusing to vote, because you don’t like these two specific political parties being in charge, will not produce any positive change, and will in fact distract from a lot of positive change because now we have to fight against urgent threats to our safety and play defense.
If you were talking about ways to break the monopoly of these two political parties, and strategizing how to get that done, I would be completely in agreement with you. That’s not what you came out advocating for (or not in any effective way), so I’m disagreeing. Not complicated really.
Glad you got to make your performative stand. Voting is not consent. Whatever happens, due to anyone who gets into office, is going to happen regardless unless people stand up and resist it. Voting is a way of giving input to the process.
Again: Going outside because the building is on fire is not consenting to the weather. It’s just self preservation. In this case, there are a whole bunch of Palestinians, and a whole bunch of Venezuelan fishermen, and a whole bunch of Hispanic people of all kinds, who could have been saved from some very severe consequences if you and others like you didn’t feel like making your stand.
If you want change, work for change. Stop yelling about how important it is not to vote. You’re taking out the smoke detectors saying that you don’t consent to the fire. You’re yelling “I do not consent! I do not consent!” while the cop is breaking your window anyway to pull you out. Most importantly, stop accusing me of claiming things that are not what I am claiming. Please and thank you.
That’s where we disagree. And just to make it clear, I’m not from USA, I’m just offering a critic. You might as well recall that I said I’m not your opponent :).
Sure
Why are there so many people with super-strong opinions about internal US politics, who are not from the US
hmm, it seems to me that I didn’t write long paragraphs. I just said that I see “voting for lesser of two evils is consenting for evil”. And USA ran a 2 years long genocide in Gaza recently, they’re actually running a war close to my country periodically. It makes sense that I don’t distinguish much between the politicians who make decisions, and the population that is voting them in repeatedly.
Sure