[RHSeeger]

I think the point was that there are multiple different reforms that are important, and why health care over another. What if there is a candidate that is for health care reform, but against something else you consider important, but there's another candidate that's for the other reform, but against health care reform? Or there is a candidate that is for health care reform but also for other things your are strongly against?

[yladiz]

Politics is all about compromises, so the answer to all of those questions is, “it depends”.

[xhgdvjky]

It's easy to forget the importance of compromise during a primary. Sometimes it feels like a positive feedback loop.

[w1nst0nsm1th]

You speak, you debate, you argue and because of this, nothing gets done.

Even for the most urgent issues like universal healthcare that have been literaly implemented by all western countries a long time ago as well as in most developing countries, you say : "But me..."

Since you're not directly affected by the matter, you simply don't care. Even if you could be the next...

You're part of the problem and nothing will never get done in America because of people like you.

Selfishness will break America.

Before your country collapses under its own debt, America will be filled by slaves and a clique of companies and billionnaires owning them.

[RHSeeger]

I was merely debating the idea that "if you believe X is important, then you must vote for the person that supports X", because it's not as black and white as that. Like it or not, there are too many other factors that come into play. The only way "vote for X is you support X" is black and white is if each topic comes up for it's own vote. Even then, it's possible that the vote could be for a horrible way to support X.

> You're part of the problem and nothing will never get done in America because of people like you.

You don't know me and you don't know what I do / do not vote for. I recommend you keep your insults to yourself.

[kgantchev]

> Selfishness will break America.

Selfishness is healthy in moderation. It's what helps people come to the conclusion that they have a shared interest on which they can collaborate.

> Before your country collapses under its own debt, America will be filled by slaves and a clique of companies and billionnaires owning them.

So the answer is to bankrupt the billionaires so everybody is living a terrible life?