r/chomsky

The past half century shows that this strategy has simply not worked. This would make sense if voting Democrat led to gradual positive changes over decades. This is not what happened. Things actually continued to get worse for the middle/working class regardless of whether Reps or Dems have won.

https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/

And usually a Dem win is then followed by a Rep win: if the Dems actually changed things/made things better, these constant see-saw swings would not happen. Also, let us even hypothetically assume that Dems would be able to keep winning: even if this happened, why on earth would they change any of their policies? If they are getting votes unconditionally/keep getting elected regardless, what incentive do they have to change/offer more to the middle class?

It is like an oligopoly. Let's say you have only 2 companies offering cell phone services, and both are charging high prices. One may occasionally slightly price gouge you less/offer slightly better service, but overall both are heavily price gouging you and keep raising their prices while reducing their quality. If you keep switching between them, why would they stop doing this? If you keep staying with one, why would they stop doing this?

So logically and factually, this voting for the lesser evil strategy has not worked/will not work. When there is a cancer you don't juggle the slightly smaller tumor, you get rid of the entire thing. Neoliberalism is a cancer.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot

The American Library Association (ALA) has come out with its annual report on the State of America’s Libraries, and it is an appalling document. It brings out how far and how deeply the attacks on democratic rights and freedom of thought and expression have gone and how determined the right-wing, fascistic elements are to suppress truth on various fronts.