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Leftist electoral cynicism is pretty dogmatic

Leftist electoral cynicism is pretty dogmatic

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Carl Beijer
Sep 02, 2015
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Leftist feuds over participation in electoral politics may vary in the particular rationalizations at stake, but the political psychology at work seems to be fairly consistent.

Crucially, the opponent of participation holds the default political position of passive inaction. This usually ends up having two symmetrical effects. On one hand, it allows him …

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