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why you should be a one issue voter

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Another approach to voting and governance... why you should be a one issue voter a simple solution to a complex problem el gato malo one issue voting is oft portrayed as the act of the small minded zealot. “it’s always more complex, you should always take more things into account.” seems reasonable. seems plausible. but what if it isn’t and we’re just getting the issue wrong? on many or even all of the issues around which elections are held, “don’t be a one issue voter” is likely true, but this is because the elections themselves are part of the problem and are mostly playing superficial games on topics that matter a lot less than people think. it’s smallball coke vs pepsi changes. it’s the magician’s flourish to pull your eye away from the trick. meanwhile, the vast undercurrent of what some have come to call “the deep state” (a term falling into disuse because the deep state itself HATES the moniker and strives to see it consigned to the tinfoil hat bin) continues garnering ever more...