[ripley]

“...those few moments we spend in the voting booth picking the lesser of two evils to run other people’s lives...”

Make that, “...the lesser of two evils to RUIN other people’s lives...”

IMHO

[Excellence]

people behave just as selfishly and foolishly when they vote as when they make any other kind of decisions, but with more devastating effects on other people.

I actually don't have a problem with people voting their best interests. We are where we are because people were convinced to vote for the black guy, rather than what was in their best interests, and look at what that brought us.