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DavesNotHere's avatar

When faced with a choice of two liars and someone with no chance of winning, should we go for the less outrageous liar or the candidate with no chance (who may be more honest, but only because of self-delusion)?

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Prado's avatar

“Well, if you’re a voter, you could try not being a complete fool. You could try thinking for a few seconds about whether it’s likely that a campaigning politician is actually representing things accurately.”

But is it rational to do that given that voting is marginally useless?

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