The Left Wing “Shit Sandwich” Dilemma. Ian Welsh. August 14, 2020.
Kamala Harris and Joe Biden each have terrible records. There is no reason to believe they will do much that is good, and every reason to believe they will do much that is bad.
Trump will, at least for Americans, probably be even worse. (It is less clear he will be better for foreigners.)
The issue is simple, both choices are bad choices.
The left wing dilemma is simple: if you always vote Democratic, then why should they give you anything? If, however, you don’t vote Democratic, Republicans are likely to win and they are generally even worse (though not in every way.)
If you vote, you’re stuck with a choice of endorsing a shit sandwiches. One has slightly less shit and a single leaf of lettuce, but they’re both shit sandwiches.
The “don’t eat a shit sandwich” vote happens, usually, in the Democratic primaries. This time and last the “don’t eat a shit sandwich” candidate was Bernie Sanders. His offering was a spam sandwich. He lost because Obama convinced every remaining candidate except Sanders and Biden to all drop out nearly simultaneously.
Thanks Obama! You sure deliver!
So now the choice is simply which shit sandwich to vote for or whether to not vote. Not voting doesn’t mean you don’t get to eat a shit sandwich, it just means you aren’t saying “yes, please feed me a shit sandwich!”
Shit sandwich eating is, alas, compulsory, unless you are rich. Rich people are a bit stupid, not understanding that having to live with people, 96% of whom eats shit sandwiches, is gross.
What tires me out, beyond the obvious (mmmm, shit sandwich) are the people who pretend, every election, that the Democratic Presidential candidate is not a shit sandwich candidate.
Don’t try and tell me that Biden is offering brie and thinly sliced apples on a croissant when I can see that what’s in his hand is shit sandwich.
Anyway, it’s almost time to decide which sandwich to eat. The only forbidden option is not eating.
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