Currently, there is a debate over whether PH supporters who are disappointed with PH's performance should cast their vote for Bersama as a way of signalling to PH that it needs to improve.
Some believe this is a valid approach that disappointed PH supporters should take. Others caution that such a move will only benefit BN or PN, potentially leading to outcomes such as more pig farms being closed nationwide or even the release of Najib.
That being the case, what should a PH supporter who is disappointed with PH's performance do?
If you ask me, I don't think anyone should vote based on an attempt to anticipate or influence future events.
By now, voters should have wised up to the notion that "the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry."
This is especially true in politics, where a voter actually has very little control over future events when their participation is limited to casting a single vote once every five years.
If you cast your vote under the presumption it will somehow lead to UEC being recongnised or Najib remaining in jail or pig farms remaining open, you will almost certainly be disappointed with the outcome.
You will almost certainly be disappointed with the outcome, because there is an infinite number of possibilities of what might happen in the future, so you can't predict, much less influence or determine, which is the combination of events that will finally leave you satisfied beforehand.
So rather than vote in an attempt to influence future events, I believe it is far better—and certainly more satisfying—to vote based on two simple considerations: (1) identity and (2) chances of victory.
When you stand in front of the ballot box, ask yourself: Who do you see yourself in? Whose victory will feel like your own victory, and whose defeat will feel like your own defeat?
If there is more than one such candidate, then choose the one you believe has the better chance of winning.
If there is only one such candidate, then vote for that candidate regardless of whether they have any realistic chance of winning.
Do that, and be rest assured that you have given yourself the best possible chance of victory and success, and even if you don't win le succeed, you will still have no regrets.
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