Lesser Evilism

The Lesser Evil argument is incredibly lame. Voting Democrat will do virtually nothing to improve the situation (and the situation is indeed very bad). We'll have the same policies under under a different label. Consider this: Do the Democrats have a coherent strategy on Iraq ? (supposedly the most important issue in this election). The strategy of the Democrats appears to be as follows: Do absolutely nothing and let people vote for us because they're probably sick of that other party and its not like there is anyone else they can vote for. People are going to vote for us no matter what policy we follow because they are suckered into the Lesser Evil argument. So why should we change ? We'll continue to be war-mongers and people would still vote for us because they believe in the twisted lesser-evil bullshit.

The Democratic party will not change any major policies even if they gain a majority. If the Republicans are incredibly genocidal (also insane), then the Democrats are only very slightly less genocidal (and only very slightly less insane). The Democrats will follow the Republican policies every step of the way with some very minor variations (the minor variations and tactical differences lead to the so-called range of debate between the 2 parties -- very convenient).

There is no compelling need for Democrats to change because the anti-war faction of the Democratic party is in the minority. It's not like the overall Hawkish Democrats are suddenly going to start giving credence to its anti-war minority. The bottom line is: Voting for Democrats will change very little as far as key policy decisions go. Both parties are subject to the same absolute power -- the power of the corporations.

Do you understand the Democrats position on foreign policy, health care, social programs etc. ? It is never presented in a way that people can understand. So what exactly is it that people are voting on ? When people vote Democrat, they're assuming that Democrats share the same views as they do. The sad reality is that Democrats will almost certainly have positions that are radically different from the people who vote for them (as a simple example ... people are anti-war, dems are pro-war). So why do people continue to vote for them ? Because they have no fucking clue what the Democrat position is. The Democrats intend to keep the policy positions that way. Completely fucking incomprehensible to the general public.

So what is the option ? Possibly for all the anti-war groups (or groups with some semblance of sanity that are not hell bent on destroying the human race) to unite outside of the equally hawkish Democrats and Republicans. And my vote would go to such a third party that is actually in sync with the populace.