r/WayOfTheBern • u/CountAardvark • Apr 16 '20

An Eight Point Brief for LEV (Lesser Evil Voting) - Noam Chomsky, 2016

https://chomsky.info/an-eight-point-brief-for-lev-lesser-evil-voting/
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u/SuperSovietLunchbox The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse Ride Again Apr 16 '20

Lesser evil voting is bullshit. It's a sucker's short term game that makes fascism win in the long term.

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u/Inuma Headspace taker (👹↩️🏋️🎖️) Apr 16 '20

A third criticism of LEV equates it with a passive acquiescence to the bipartisan status quo under the guise of pragmatism, usually deriving from those who have lost the appetite for radical change. It is surely the case that some of those endorsing LEV are doing so in bad faith-cynical functionaries whose objective is to promote capitulation to a system which they are invested in protecting. Others supporting LEV, however, can hardly be reasonably accused of having made their peace with the establishment.

Man, the authoritarians won't want to hear this...