Throwing away your vote on a message no one will hear, and which will change no outcome, is sometimes presented as ‘voting your conscience’, but that’s got it exactly backwards; your conscience is what keeps you from doing things that feel good to you but hurt other people.
There’s No Such Thing As A Protest Vote
Clay Shirky
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Clay, I hereby dub you The Adult In The Room, an award I just made up with the intent to award every two years from now on, for the person most resembling an actual sane adult.