The only way to change that is to change the voting mechanism. FPTP makes the lesser-evil strategy the only rational one.
Lesser-evil + direct-action your way to a civilized voting mechanism, like ranked choice or something. Best case scenario we can do it mostly electorally. Worst case scenario it’s mostly direct action. It’s probably gonna be a combination of the two: lesser evil to minimize the hostility, then direct action to actually do the work.
The only way to change that is to change the voting mechanism. FPTP makes the lesser-evil strategy the only rational one.
Lesser-evil + direct-action your way to a civilized voting mechanism, like ranked choice or something. Best case scenario we can do it mostly electorally. Worst case scenario it’s mostly direct action. It’s probably gonna be a combination of the two: lesser evil to minimize the hostility, then direct action to actually do the work.