GOLIKEHELLMACHINE: important addition: guy who told his donors that he wouldn't actively campaign in the critically tight state of florida and then did exactly that

holy fuck i can’t think of anyone i want to hear less from than ralph nader

Who's Ralph Nader?

Guy who ran as a relatively popular third party candidate in 2000 and siphoned enough left votes that Bush won

important addition: guy who told his donors that he wouldn't actively campaign in the critically tight state of florida and then did exactly that

Guy who also borrowed the "not a dime's worth of difference between the parties" line from rabid segregationist George Wallace

YIKES

That whole Florida situation was fucked up in so many ways but specifically the “butterfly ballots” DEEPLY radicalized me on the importance of UX design.

I DID NOT KNOW THIS PART! I was alive for the 2000 election but too young to know the specific contours

nader is actually *more* to blame for a lot of what's broken now than he typically gets handed. not all of it, obviously, but definitely not none of it, either.

I also did not know the so thank you

Same!

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