My point was instead of trying to get the insects to vote for something that will kill less of them, insecticide would have been easily beaten by an option like “not killing any insects”, but obviously an option like “sugar water” would have done even better
And if wishes were horses everyone would ride, but we don’t live in that world. We try to make the best decisions we can, given the options available. It’s 2024, Sugar Water isn’t on the table, and we can impact the outcome of the election by choosing between Boot and Insecticide. One of those is in fact a better outcome for a bunch of bugs that don’t want to get eradicated. Refusing to play is still impacting the outcome of the election. Also, it really was not as bad as Insecticide vs. Boot. You simply cannot look around and claim in good faith that what we’re seeing in the streets is about the same, only in worse degree, than what would have happened if Kamala or even Biden for that matter, had been elected.
By the time it’s general election time, it’s too late to wish that Sugar Water were on the ballot. Engage early. Engage in lower level elections. Get Sugar Water elected to state level representation. Vote in primaries. But if all of that process has already taken place, and we still don’t choose the least bad option, then we are objectively helping the worst option to win.
And if wishes were horses everyone would ride, but we don’t live in that world. We try to make the best decisions we can, given the options available. It’s 2024, Sugar Water isn’t on the table, and we can impact the outcome of the election by choosing between Boot and Insecticide. One of those is in fact a better outcome for a bunch of bugs that don’t want to get eradicated. Refusing to play is still impacting the outcome of the election. Also, it really was not as bad as Insecticide vs. Boot. You simply cannot look around and claim in good faith that what we’re seeing in the streets is about the same, only in worse degree, than what would have happened if Kamala or even Biden for that matter, had been elected.
By the time it’s general election time, it’s too late to wish that Sugar Water were on the ballot. Engage early. Engage in lower level elections. Get Sugar Water elected to state level representation. Vote in primaries. But if all of that process has already taken place, and we still don’t choose the least bad option, then we are objectively helping the worst option to win.