Walter Shapiro reflects on his decision in 1968 to vote third-party rather than to vote for Hubert Humphrey. This was, he now sees, a "self-righteous decision to opt out of the two-party system" he made "out of misplaced antiwar passions."
And, of course, his third-party protest vote enabled tricky Dick Nixon, a warmonger if there ever was a warmonger, to gain the White House.
@wdlindsy Sure, some people are capable of "nuanced" thinking. I was more posting for "today" where today's young people apparently. "aren't happy that things aren't perfect in the world," and thinking that a "protest vote" for RFK or worse, the tumpster, will help straighten things out . . . . #democracyversusautocracy