I'm gonna say something unpopular now

[The Magistrate]

68. I'm Not Surprised You Do

Because it makes clear your view on the matter is foolish, if not malicious.

People are responsible for the predictable consequences of their actions.

When some one repeats an action, its predictable consequences are what they intend, whatever they may say their intention is.

In a first past the post system, no one actually votes for a third party candidate. No one voting for Nader or Stein did so with any expectation either would assume the Presidency as a result. Their vote is cast with the intent of harming, punishing, 'teaching a lesson', etc, to one of the leading parties. The means by which this is to be achieved is victory for the other party.

Our system requires assembling a coalition prior to the election, rather than afterwards as in multi-party parliamentary systems. Pretending the usages of the latter are appropriate to the former is equivalent to asking how many touchdowns were scored in a baseball game.


"This pretense of not knowing what any idiot knows has come to dominate our political discourse."