Every election we're all demanded to dutifully vote for the lesser evil, to not do so is tantamount to treachery. People then seem to collectively delude themselves that this lesser evil isn't in fact evil at all. In an amazing twist of fate it is revealed that they were in fact a saint all along, and so much 'real change' is risked if they aren't supported and united behind to stop that really evil candidate winning.
The lesser evil of course says little of substance, but they assure you they share your 'progressive values', whatever that means. People then project all their wildest political fantasies on to the blank canvas candidate for 'hope' and 'change'.
The problem is, if you vote for someone pretending to be a transformative candidate when they evidently aren't, then funny enough, nothing actually changes as we routinely witness. It's all just an empty gesture, a pantomime, a WWE show. This circus has gone on for years.
If peoples lives don't change their anger doesn't just disappear because they hear a nice speech about inequality and minority rights from a candidate who happens …show more content…
I beg you. Sop crying and posting emotive speeches condemning the stupidity of Trump voters (no doubt merited) and saying how ashamed you are. If you want to be angry and ashamed, be angry at an utterly bought and sold sham democracy. A system maintained and legitimised by lesser evil candidates who have sold dreams and lies without delivering change for years. People like Bill and Hilary Clinton, even Mr 'he's cool, witty and plays basketball so must be incredible' Obama. These are people who talk about their concern for the shafted working class and disenfranchised whilst doing little for them. They operate as money endowed servants of a corporate oligopoly that has destroyed peoples lives. They pretend to stand opposed to this yet maintain an unbearably unequal economic status quo and actively enable further destructive policies for the big businesses they
The lesser evil of course says little of substance, but they assure you they share your 'progressive values', whatever that means. People then project all their wildest political fantasies on to the blank canvas candidate for 'hope' and 'change'.
The problem is, if you vote for someone pretending to be a transformative candidate when they evidently aren't, then funny enough, nothing actually changes as we routinely witness. It's all just an empty gesture, a pantomime, a WWE show. This circus has gone on for years.
If peoples lives don't change their anger doesn't just disappear because they hear a nice speech about inequality and minority rights from a candidate who happens …show more content…
I beg you. Sop crying and posting emotive speeches condemning the stupidity of Trump voters (no doubt merited) and saying how ashamed you are. If you want to be angry and ashamed, be angry at an utterly bought and sold sham democracy. A system maintained and legitimised by lesser evil candidates who have sold dreams and lies without delivering change for years. People like Bill and Hilary Clinton, even Mr 'he's cool, witty and plays basketball so must be incredible' Obama. These are people who talk about their concern for the shafted working class and disenfranchised whilst doing little for them. They operate as money endowed servants of a corporate oligopoly that has destroyed peoples lives. They pretend to stand opposed to this yet maintain an unbearably unequal economic status quo and actively enable further destructive policies for the big businesses they