I was raised a complete pacifist due to religion. However, as an adult I have learned enough in life to understand that those who have no such lofty ideals will be happy to attack those who “don’t believe in violence.” For instance, like the now-dead Supreme Leader did to all the protestors a couple months ago.
Nobody would prefer war to a lasting peace. But I prefer it to letting the likes of the Islamic Republic to just do as much horrible stuff as they want.
If Americans didn't like their system then they would change it. Isn’t that their whole founding mythos?
I don’t think hundreds of millions of Americans are continually being duped. I think they actually like the system they’ve built, and the outcomes that system produces.
So much easier said than done. We have to get our elected representatives to make the change, but it is against their self interest. If this was the only thing people considered when voting _maybe_ it would stand a chance. And honestly, I suspect less than 20% understand how other voting systems could lead to better out comes. Heck, we can’t even use the metric system!
If you want to hang out with those people it will be fun for you, but be honest with yourself about what it really is.
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