one of the many, many things I find bizarre about US politics now that I live here is the extent to which voters talk about being a [candidate] person, as though said politician is now Part Of Their Identity and not a pragmatic choice between varying types of bastard
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like. possibly I'm just being Very Australian about this, but is it not understood that by definition any good politician must be at least a little bit bastardous in order to do their job? that the whole point of a politician is to make hard choices that cannot always be perfect?
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I'm not saying there's no salient distinction to be made between greater, middling and lesser forms of political bastardry. but the idea that a candidate has to be perfect before you vote for them, as though the system stops existing if you stay home, is mind-boggling.
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granted, large parts of the oligarichal american system are entrenched in gerrymandering, voter suppression and strategically encouraging political apathy, but adding even *more* futility to that system when you can do otherwise does not actually help to change or undo it.
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