WHY TO VOTE FOR A 3RD OPTION?
Hugo Adan, Oct 28 2016
I’m a socialist voting for Dr. Jill Stein and here my answer
to the question
Because Vote for a 3rd
option doesn’t violate the 2 principles of democracy: right & freedom;
and because all citizens have the right to use the 3rd principle: the voting as “exercise
of power”. It is a legitimate principle of democracy since R Dahl on. Power
– has been defined- as political actions of individual in community, designed
to affect an established system that affects our current social life. Power It
is the ability to use Laws and social context to introduce social changes that cannot
be done otherwise.
Politics is about might, more than rights & freedoms. Power is organized MIGHT of individuals who decide to act in one direction and with clear purposes. This is this power that creates the basis for other rights and freedoms. Without the actions of organized people, the other rights exist only in paper.
Politics is about might, more than rights & freedoms. Power is organized MIGHT of individuals who decide to act in one direction and with clear purposes. This is this power that creates the basis for other rights and freedoms. Without the actions of organized people, the other rights exist only in paper.
The seizure of power
at State nation level is the final end of power. The principles of democracy set
by Robert Dahl warrantee the voting as “exercise of power” as we defined. Before the capture of power at local, state and nation level, power is only –in
the term of Bertrand Russell – A PROGRAM of intended
effects. That is, A has power on B IF:
1- A has effects on B choices and actions.
2- If A has the capacity to move B choices and
actions in ways that A intended.
3- If A has the capacity to override opposition
from B.
4- If as result of relationships between A and
B (1-2-3) become institutionalized inside the system, or has the tendency to
persist long in a given social structure.
There must be other
ways of defined power, but this is the one used by socialist in the south, and now
here in America, it is much more clear & simple than the one from Max
Weber, Mills and Parsons.
Voting as “exercise
of power” is the basic principle to vote for a 3rd option. We should
go beyond elections and support and build the basis for PEOPLE’ FUTURE POWER. It doesn’t matter now who –among the two
oligarchical candidates- win the current elections. They will both create a
fascist power (a totalitarian dictatorship
that I described in THE
RIDDLE ABSTENTION vs VOTING for a 3RD OPTIO..).
In the current
context, both Hillary than Trump, have no other choice than fascism if they
escalate the war with Russia-China, and if they commit fraud –as already been
denounced- in the coming elections. This will create a massive violence and the
violent repression, as effect. That will break our society apart. Of course fascism is more a choice from Hillary than Tramp, as
is implicit in her war mongerism.
This is the reason why all socialists parties in America (around
10 of them) plus many progressive people that supported Sanders before, have decided
to vote for the 3rd option lead by Dr. Jill Stein. We need to
organize the will of people to resist and overcome anti-democratic forces.
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