marginalizing an accomplished academic and political activist as a lunatic is gross.
McCain was a Republican and Kerry is a Democrat. Of course they were viable!
they didn't win. the label of "viable" is a myth.
Unless you are introducing a viable candidate
viability is a media myth. kerry was viable. mccain was viable.
You are actively supporting all the negative things about the candidate you agree with least by not voting for one of the two primary candidates.
that's not what active support is.
this isn't science, it is story telling
People don’t upvote. You’re more likely to be criticized for a position than engaged with. Opinions that disagree with the hive mind are often quickly downvoted regardless of whether or not the position has validity.
i experience this constantly on lemmy.
deal with the misinformation in your community
capitalism superceded mercantilism about 2 centuries ago. it's nowhere near as old as currency
communism is a wishful thinking pipe dream that turns into authoritarianism every time.
except every time it hasn't
except all the ones you are ignoring
it's heuristic, so it doesn't matter what layout you use.
org mode
your accusation of bad faith is, itself, bad faith
try reading source material.
you've never been faced with homelessness or hunger or lack of medical care if you didn't take a job?
that is not the correct analysis. the correct analysis is that strategic voting in a fptp system leads to party consolidation. the solution is values voting
it is stealing, even if it is in accordance with a contract. those contracts are signed between unequal parties, effectively under duress
it is the definition of capitalism, as defined by Marx, who coined it.