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In response to "40% of voters didn't bother in 2020.. why give so much grief to someone who is thoughtful in withholding their vote?" by colin

Thoughtfully withholding, IMO is almost worse than laziness. Thoughtfully withholding is choosing to accept worse if you can't get perfect, than -- (edited)

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Jun 28 '24, 13:04

choosing better. I appreciate idealism and believe it's necessary to make things better. But my favorite phrase is "perfect is the enemy of the good". Perfect is unattainable (and frankly, perfect is in the eye of the beholder so a consensus perfect will never be attainable). But better is possible. Change is incremental. If you don't take the incremental wins you will never climb the hill. Better should always be seen as a win and the most effective idealists recognize that.

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Have you ever met a true leftist? -- nm - colin Jun 28, 13:35 2
- Yes. And? - pmb Jun 28, 13:46 1
  - 100% agree -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 14:06

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Thoughtfully withholding, IMO is almost worse than laziness. Thoughtfully withholding is choosing to accept worse if you can't get perfect, than -- (edited)

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