Re: Nader, et al
On Aug 8, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
As to whether it makes a difference — I disagree with Carrol to this extent: I think each vote for a Democrat does a weensy bit of net damage to the well-being of humankind (WBOH), and each abstention – particularly if it’s proudly proclaimed from the housetops, e.g. by wearing a Don’t Vote button — does a weensy bit of good, if we accept that achieving, and spreading, some degree of enlightenment is a net gain for the WBOH.
I don’t get the mechanism of how not voting for a Dem does positive
good. The establishment probably sees nonvoters as a success story -
the disaffected who, instead of causing trouble, just shrug and say,
“Whatever.” It took the American elite more than a century to get to
this point, and from their POV, it’s a great triumph.
Doug