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Looking For Sanity In All The Wrong Places
If they give us enough bad choices, we start thinking that one of them can’t be all that bad. We start comparing our options, hoping that by eliminating the ones we most dislike, we’ll find the least bad choice. So we look at one and say, “He’s got a bad haircut.” And we look at another and we think “She’s got a shrill voice.” Another we’ve hated for a long time, but they seem to have made a fair point in the most recent debate. Maybe that’s the one. Or perhaps it is the first short Asian transgender we should vote for. It’s about time they get a chance.
But the truth is, they CAN all be that bad. As a matter of fact they are and will be that bad. Because whatever the identity group they belong to, “neo-fascist” isn’t going to be one they own up to. The selection process weeds out the ones that aren’t bad, that aren’t warmongering toadies to power. Only the ones who are good for the big donors are chosen, and being good for the big donors necessarily means they will be bad for us, the average Americans. A bad system is intended to give you bad choices. That’s how it’s set up. This isn’t rocket science, it’s something a child is able to grasp. The kind of child who is willing to point out that the empire is naked.
They give us the choice of two parties. And if you try to vote outside the two-party system, people will tell you that’s not how…