Practival Vision Explained: A preaching-to-the-choir Defense of Voting Democratic

I realize I am preaching to the choir here, but I wanted to post my current essay for discussion and feedback.


Practical Vision Explained
Posted by Political Heretic at Sunday, August 10, 2008

My political and social philosophy is one of radical principles and pragmatic action. Lately I have become more sensitive to a disconcerting tendency among radical thinkers toward rigidity and absolutism.

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Quite simply, I recognize all of the same problems yet strongly disagree with the notion that all will be put right when a sudden popular revolution arrives. Thus, while I agree with many of my radical friends about the profound problems of our society, it's ludicrous to think that supporting a radical third party candidate for President of the United States in a general election is anything other than ridiculous.

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I have been called all sorts of names by leftist friends because I support the Democratic Party nominee for President in 2008. I am accused of being an enabler, which sounds suspiciously close to being called a "collaborator." I am recommended to read an endless stream of opinion essays enumerating all the grave problems in our political system that I am already well aware of.

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What is overlooked when people criticize those who support the Democratic nominee in 2008 as opposed to a more progressive/radical alternative candidate is that change never happens from the top down. Real social change movements always begin from the bottom up.

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