If you don't vote for a THIRD PARTY candidate, don't bitch and moan if someone horrible becomes President or member of Congress!

People may have fought for the vote but the oligarchs actually won that fight as they made voting (close to) irrelevant. It's a case of winning the battle and losing the war. Although I don't think it's accurate to describe most suffragettes as only be interested in the vote for it's own sake, since I think most of them had much larger agendas and wanted the vote for very specific reasons (like labor issues etc.).

Angler I am surprised that you don't vote, you seem to care very much about many issues. How can they be advanced if you don't vote?
just about any avenue would seem more promising. But the thing is if people insist on voting for a lesser evil or something, so be it, I don't actually see it as the worst thing in the world (though if they vote major party they will likely get someone horrible - but maybe slightly lesser horrible - although I think the evidence points to one party being better is very questionable. But since the game is rigged anyway I don't even blame the people for what they do there, vote lesser evil, vote 3rd party, or don't vote. 3rd party may be the best option but the game is rigged regardless). It's just when they start to believe the hype about the lesser evil not being evil and so on that I dislike. If voting does that to people, I don't like it at all!