• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    You’re brainwashed. Election boycotts are a tried and true method

    Depending on the voting mechanism and scale.

    Have you read the article you linked, Mr. Super Not Brainwashed?

    That only works in two scenarios:

    1. The voting system doesn’t punish non-voters (calculation based on the number of eligible voters, not valid votes).
    2. The protest is performed on such a massive scale, that the entire election is voided (usually below 50% turnout).

    There was NOWHERE NEAR enough interest from US voters for anybody sane to have any hope of the latter happening, and the US system doesn’t give a fuck about people abstaining.

    Election boycott is the offside trap of the election system - if it works, it works, if it doesn’t you just gave the opponent a massive advantage.