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The false realism of lesser-evil voting
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The false realism of lesser-evil voting

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Carl Beijer
Aug 08, 2016
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Tech writer Clay Shirky has posted an essay declaring that There’s No Such Thing As A Protest Vote. In a better world we would be able to safely set this aside in the category of Crank Medium Posts By Dilettante Pundits At Odds With The Consensus Of Political Science And Historical Fact, but since he’s voicing a perspective that’s regrettably common – a…

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