The trap of the two parties
On October 17, more than 3,000 actions were held to mobilize people to vote, and vote early, in the upcoming November 3 elections. In a message sent to my email, the liberal-progressive organization MoveOn wrote, “Vote early events took place across the country with people joining together with neighbors, friends, and family, and family members to promote voting early because we know how important this election is.” MoveOn didn’t explain who we should vote for, though in the U.S. political context, where there are only two realistic choices — Democrats or Republicans — with few exceptions, the answer is clear: vote for the Democrat. These types of liberal-progressive organizations prefer to avoid saying it out loud, as many view the Democratic Party not as better than the Republican Party but as the lesser evil.