You have not addressed why this is not a viable strategy at all.
Because you haven’t demonstrated it to be a viable strategy…
Can you give examples of this tactic playing out favorably in the past? How does your 3rd party vote materialize into meaningful, actionable pressure on the Democrats? Why am I not surprised you didn’t say “We’ll endorse the Democrats / Republicans if and only if they do X.”?
It’s possible to change things without winning.
Not under FPTP.
If anything, it’d be better to wail on the walls in the room with more fire, to die quicker. But the point is that that doesn’t matter, the only thing that matters is escape.
If the only thing that matters is escape, then the only thing that makes sense is choosing the scenario that’s most likely to allow for it. Which is to move to the area with less fire. This should be absurdly obvious.
You can’t have both. If you choose the room with more fire then you’re admitting that your whole position is a facade and you’re actually just a deluded accelerationist. Which we both know you aren’t.
And as I already stated, “better” does not mean “acceptable.” In the same way if you push a vegan into saying beef is better than pork, that doesn’t mean they consider beef an acceptable food.
If you think both of the only 2 possible outcomes are unacceptable, then acceptability is a moot point. Better and worse still exist, and you already agreed on which is which.
Because you haven’t demonstrated it to be a viable strategy…
Can you give examples of this tactic playing out favorably in the past? How does your 3rd party vote materialize into meaningful, actionable pressure on the Democrats? Why am I not surprised you didn’t say “We’ll endorse the Democrats / Republicans if and only if they do X.”?
Not under FPTP.
If the only thing that matters is escape, then the only thing that makes sense is choosing the scenario that’s most likely to allow for it. Which is to move to the area with less fire. This should be absurdly obvious.
You can’t have both. If you choose the room with more fire then you’re admitting that your whole position is a facade and you’re actually just a deluded accelerationist. Which we both know you aren’t.
If you think both of the only 2 possible outcomes are unacceptable, then acceptability is a moot point. Better and worse still exist, and you already agreed on which is which.