• limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    When people have limited choices to vote on, voting for a or b does not make them like a or b.

    It just means it’s a “boiling the frog situation” when gradually changing the goalposts makes people not notice the real issues.

    The average American really has not changed that much from the past generations, but the candidates that are allowed to run in either party have drifted rightward.

    If I want to vote for green, and I can choose only on a greyscale, my interpretation of which shade of gray might be closest to green might be a personal choice, highly disputed.

    • Darorad@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Yes, what shade of grey is closest to green is unclear, but there are only two shades of grey that can win. I’d be ecstatic about dumping my shade of grey if anybody could explain how it would bring us closer to green.