I think it’s safe to argue that living in a place like the USA (I am assuming this so, correct me if I’m wrong) you are inherently social with governments or people you’ve never met. It’s just not in the same sense that socialism would allow for. After all, you hear what the government and electoral candidates say to you, make your opinion on it, and respond by a means of voting. That’s a pretty social relationship to me. You’re also currently being social online! With people you have never met. I am also a social person and am speaking from experience.

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I agree with some of what you said here, but I think blaming third party voters is a tired and disingenuous take. I haven’t done a deep dive on the numbers, but from what I remember of election day even if every third party voter voted for Kamala she still would’ve lost.

People who refused to vote ARE a reasonable contribution to the loss, but I still think it’s strange to blame the voters in a democratic vote rather than the parties/media who were supposed to create enough impact to make people vote for them in the first place.

Strategic voting is flawed not only in the sense that it’s impossible to coordinate a strategy amongst an entire voter base, but also in the sense that it’s counting on people to vote for someone who they don’t want to vote for.