The “Two party dichotomy” is the reason we are here today.
My parents grew up in the 1980s. They said everyone back then said you had to vote for the Democrats or the Republicans. They were told that voting third party was a waste of your vote. That is the reason we are here today with the candidates we have. We’ve all been told and come to believe that there are only two options, and “you have to pick the greater of two evils or else the bad guy is going to get in and ruin everything.” It’s literally a self fulfilling prophecy. If the majority believes there are only two options, it doesn’t matter now many truly amazing third party candidates there are, because “voting for them is a waste” and “then the truly evil guy will get in if you don’t vote for the slightly evil guy.” I can’t even articulate how angry this makes me as a young person who is going to be voting in my first presidential election this year. I feel like the last two generations have forced us into this horrible situation because they wouldn’t just stop and think for a minute! Because now my vote truly is a waste. I will vote third party, not because think they will win but because I believe my candidate to be a good person, and as a small sign of protest towards our political environment today. I’m so angry and I don’t even know what to do. When I try to talk to other people about this they don’t get it, or they agree with me but say they are still voting for the dems or the repubs. I’ll end this here. I had other stuff I wanted to say but I can’t think anymore. If anyone has any thoughts please leave them below. submitted by /u/Sunderbans_X [link] [comments]
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