[ExI] The Handmaid's Tale

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 5:55 PM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 1:16 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> But aside from getting angry or afraid, what is to be done?
>
> Well for starters, a person could vote for someone who has at least a chance,
> however slight, of actually stopping a narcissistic dictator in training

But they're not going to wait until after the election to appoint her
to the court. And once she's there, she's not likely to resign simply
because the presidency (or the Senate) changed hands, no? So what's to
be done about her getting appointed? Or getting her removed? Or
nullifying her power?

This is why I brought up court-packing. Why did you ignore that?

> and not
> wasting it on a silly worthless gesture, also known as a vote for a third-party
> candidate who doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning even a
> single electoral vote.

Well, it depends on what state a person is voting in. In a state where
your vote is unlikely to have an impact, then it almost certainly
doens't matter. If you're in a competitive state, that's another
matter. (I've gone over this before.)

Also, have you seen that Maine is trying out ranked voting? See:

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-referendums-elections-maine-courts-b5ddd0854037e9687e952cd79e1526df

In which case, one can vote third party and still rank other choices
above the person one doesn't want to see win. For instance, someone
might vote for the LP candidate first with the Democratic Party
candidate ranked second. That wouldn't result in the outcome you fear,
no? (To be sure -- and to co-opt you from making an idiotic comment
here -- I'm aware this is just in Maine. I know Nebraska splits their
electoral votes, but isn't doing ranked voting. Everywhere else, it's
winner takes all.)

Regards,

Dan
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