You have established your own imaginary limits and insist that they're not imaginary. You have your blinders and your tie-downs firmly in place. You allow yourself to see a small fraction of the options that surround you.
There are many different ways we can "play" the cards that are dealt with. And voting FOR evil IS LOSING EVERYTHING. Every single vote can serve as a weakener of the evil you want me to vote for; when I put my vote somewhere other than one of the two Uniparty candidates, you define it as "not playing." Because you are seeing only a small part of the picture and you are seeing it with anger and emotion.
If the approach you advocate here wasn't dead wrong, we wouldn't be in the trouble we're in now, because a vast number of us have been approaching "playing the cards we're dealt" exactly as you counsel for DECADES, and the nightmare is only getting worse. One by one, we are waking up and seeing through the illusion that still defines your perspective.
You, my FRiend, have been frightened and bullied and deceived into denial.
Time to wake up and see the big picture.
https://librivox.org/public-opinion-by-walter-lippmann/
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