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title: "Timeline photos How should you vote this year?  Here are my thoughts."
date: 2024-10-26
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added a new photo.
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# Timeline photos How should you vote this year?  Here are my thoughts.

*October 26, 2024 · Facebook*

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How should you vote this year? Here are my thoughts.\
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In general, it\'s a good idea to minimize harm by advocating for the least worst option.\
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If you\'re stranded on an island full of cannibals, try to join the tribe that eats less meat.\
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However, keep in mind that the odds that your vote will affect the outcome of a national election are infinitesimal:\
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[https://econlib.org/sorry-your-vote-doesnt-count](https://econlib.org/sorry-your-vote-doesnt-count){target="_blank"}\
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People who live in swing states have a somewhat higher probability of influencing the outcome, though it\'s still tiny:\
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[https://vox.com/today-explained-podcast/378112/battleground-states-election-2024-trump-harris](https://vox.com/today-explained-podcast/378112/battleground-states-election-2024-trump-harris){target="_blank"}\
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So if you live in a swing state, vote for Trump. (In my view, Harris is no better than Trump on any issue, and often worse.)\
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If you live in a non-swing state (such as New Hampshire), vote for Chase Oliver.\
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The more votes libertarians get, the more mainstream politicians will be forced to pander to them to try to swing them back into their camps.\
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But that\'s a marginal play. As long as most voters are ignorant, irrational authoritarians, politicians will pander to them with ignorant, irrational, authoritarian policies.\
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The only way libertarians will win substantial power is to concentrate our forces such that we\'re the majority of the population.\
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So if you\'re a libertarian not content with tiny scraps of power at the margin, move to New Hampshire:\
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[https://archerships.substack.com/p/join-the-chain-melters](https://archerships.substack.com/p/join-the-chain-melters){target="_blank"}
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