2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Voting the lesser of two evils is blackmail [View all]quaker bill
(8,225 posts)a person's failure to participate does not delegitimize the system. The winner will still be sworn in.
Any notion that the system has not already devolved should be dispelled by the Donald getting a nomination. He has said and then contradicted himself on things that would end political careers in any system that was not near fully devolved.
If he wins, riots in the streets are likely, if he loses, pretty much the same result. The only question is which crowd starts them.
Sitting at home on election day will not change this result, voting 3rd party will not change it either. You get to pick who the chief law enforcement officer is, and that person will enforce the law in the streets when push comes to shove. This is why voting against the greater of two evils always makes sense.