Why do American vote for the lessor of two evils? Isn't that still putting evil in office?
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I would imagine when one votes for the lesser of evils it is because those are the only choices available.
Ah, to quote a wise man, "The lesser of two evils is still evil. "Probably because we, as Americans, are not entirely smart. When we think that the lesser of the two evils is better, we don't remember that the person is still evil.
That's a great question Cagsil.......We keep repeating the same mistake. We vote one in and another out. Incompetence begets incompetence.
Maybe what we need to start doing is voting quality and forget party, special interest and quantity. Maybe we should be ignoring the press, political spin and the billions that are spent, on advertising, trying to sway us for our votes and start taking responsibility for our own voting. Perhaps we could look for the best person to represent us and hold that person accountable for representing "US" instead of selling out to the parties and special interests.
Let's outlaw all political advertising period. Make it so all candidates must connect with the people that will be voting for them, personally, if they want to be elected to public office. Set term limits for all and make recall easier to accomplish.
How about real campaign finance reform where the largest donation any candidate can accept from any source is $1.
Because we operate under the same premise as so many Middle Eastern dictatorships. Sure, the current regime is terrible but if we get rid of them then the terrorists will take over. Not to mention the Democratic and Republican parties have rigged the game in their favor.
Until people stop thinking of themselves in one of the those two camps (an increasing number of people are independents) this will continue.
It doesn't have to be so. It is, sometimes. But generalizing the "evil" tag on all (I assume you mean dems and repubs) is much too broad a stroke to be accurate.
Sometimes Americans do get it wrong. Like the practice of slavery. Or child labor.
Or denying women the right to vote. Or capital punishment. Or filibustering - that is - blocking the conversation.
Sometimes we get it right, though. Like electing our current president. Like establishing child labor laws.
Like getting their heads out of their asses and recognizing that women are half the population statistically, and are - gee whiz - also humans and also citizens - duh, gee Wally, maybe they should be able to vote too - duh-huh! We get it right when we elect public servants, not politicians. Sometimes it's VERY hard to tell the difference.
Sometimes, sadly, the latter pretend to be the former.
We need a President from West Point.....Not Harvard or Yale. We need a president that has some balls and be tough. Been a long time.So all we have are these silver spoon rich kids to vote for.
Two evils....
When confronted with the false dilemma of the democratic political process, many individuals settle for the “less of two evils” as a kind of compromise. But one suspects (or hopes) they do so with a certain degree of moral discomfort. Ask a disciple of the Elephant Party, for example, if he agrees with the murderous drone attacks this moment underway in Pakistan and you will likely offend a delicate delusion of “Democrats for Peace.”
Similarly, press any Donkey Party advocate on the issue of economic freedom and watch them squirm under close scrutiny of their own candidate’s position vis-à-vis the IRS, the Federal Reserve, the indigestible, 75,000- page tax code, etc., etc., etc…. Contrary to the popular snipe that “only those who vote have the right to complain,” common sense leads us to quite the opposite conclusion. It is only those who have not aggressed against others who have the right to complain when they are aggressed against.
Those who, to invert a phrase, “feed the mouth that bites them,” may stand firmly, but do so on shaky ground. A vote for either evil is nonetheless a vote for evil. I have documented some other evils that both major USA presidential candidates espouse previously (see Romney and Obama on ‘Social Issues’).
It is interesting to see a secular, come to similar conclusions regarding the ‘democratic system’ and this US presidential election. Of course, many professing Christians believe that they need to vote even though that concept is not endorsed in the Bible. 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil (Isaiah 5:20).
The “lessor of two evils” is still not good. 12 As for My people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people!
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed (Isaiah 9:16). While it is true, that like the King of Ninevah (Jonah 3:5-6), political leaders could call for national repentance after enough people begin a fast, the reality is that this simply is not something that many of them ever seriously consider, let alone do. It seems that this will not happen (unless perhaps after the prophesied destruction).
Neither the current US President nor Candidate Romney has called for national repentance and, even if either did, it is not likely that they would call for repentance for Americans to go to the faith of the original Church of God of the New Testament. But personal repentance still remains an option–and all should decide that is the direction now to go. As far as secular leaders go, true Christians follow the Apostle Paul’s admonition and pray for them 1 Timothy 2:1-3).
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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.
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