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Every day I am forced to confront that the the Democratic Party won the White House and Congress in 2020 and instead of doing the smart thing and ending the filibuster, packing the court, and going scorched Earth on the GOP which, mind you, had just tried to overthrow the election, they kicked back and proceeded to do absolutely nothing of note except cut a blank check for the most televised genocide of the last 30 years.
A disciplined party could have un-fucked everything trump did in the span of a few month, but they chose not to. They chose not to, and now we're all paying for it.
The purpose of a system is what it does.
Ok.
Still voting Democrat because...
They are not Republicans.
No 3rd party is even remotely viable and no 3rd party is doing the work necessary to become viable. The last 3rd party candidate for president received half of a single percent of the total votes cast, proving that no 3rd party can win a presidency, or even come close.
So until a 3rd party actually starts winning local/state elections (they aren't) and gets more than ZERO members in Congress, I'll keep voting Dem.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
The most important elections coming up will be the primaries. It's the only opportunity progressives have of getting into office. A much better rallying cry than, "We're not voting!" Would be, "Primary all of them!"
I agree here. In the past there was this call for candidates to be electable but that is bullshit. Would trump be electable? We can never know so in the primaries go for what you want that is best to you.
I would strongly discourage people from voting third party. I mean, have you looked at the name of the sub?
We need to just form our own parlement. With voting and laws.
So what you’re saying is we’re boned
Vote for the third party then, you absolute dunce. "No one votes third party so neither do I!"
Grow a spine.
Don't accuse him of not having a spine, he's grasping the game theoretic arrangement of things quite decently.
In the US, to propel a third party to power, one of the mainstream parties has to utterly lose its position. If that's going to be the Democratic party at this point of history, the US will be a dictatorship (and civil war will ensue soon). Why? Because Trump will have time to change the system to be president-for-life.
The US electoral system is a two-party system. The root cause: because a region typically has one mandate, and the winner of that region takes it all. To make third parties viable, a proportional electoral system is needed (e.g. a region has 10 mandates, distributed to parties accordig to their percentage of the vote).
When should one apply pressure to make third parties viable?
When it's calm. When there is not a wannabe dictator on the horizon. It could have been done sometime in the Clinton / Obama era, but not now. Now is a "fasten your seatbelts" period of time.
Here's the fell for it again award you ordered
... instead of the very real bad situation that has happened with the GOP.
As if there are other options? Why are you blaming people for voting? Are you suggesting they vote for the GOP? What's your point?
Are you seriously unable to think of anything better to do with your time and energy than get people to vote for the democrats? That's pathetic. Grow up.
Are you seriously insinuating that I'm campaigning for Democrats for telling you that there are literally no other options? Did my point entirely escape you like that? Stop making shit up and attacking people for disagreeing with you. You're the one who needs to grow up.
Oh look at you playing your little I'm not touching you game lmao. This is what the democrats support btw this is your lesser evil
You're the one playing games. Reread what I said and grow up, if you can.
Your lesser evil party is responsible for children being raped by dogs. If there is a hell, every one of you will have your skin flayed in it forever. You should grow old being perpetually devoured by bugs that crawl inside of all your orifices. Every second you spend alive, stuffing your disgusting face prolongs their suffering. Everyone knows what you are. It's why you and your countrymen all despise each other. You're broken nihilists who can only screech "HEY!!! THE BAD THING MAKES FEEL GOOD! SO ITS GOOD!" there is no lower form of life on this earth than the liberal. Even your beloved fascist masters are above you, possessing more presence of mind.
Incredible piece of creative writing. Go vote for the GOP because that's clearly better. Genius.
Goddamn kid. Get back on your meds.
I can literally see your credibility dissolving in real time.
I think it's time for your nap.
Like you've prolonged your parent's suffering?
Says the guy whose comments are all downvoted.
Seriously though, consider taking a vacation from the internet. It has thoroughly fried what's left of your brain.
It literally is.
I mean how stupid must one be to believe we'd be in the same situation, or worse, than we are right now if Democrats were in control? They were in control before January and our situation was objectively not as bad as it is now.
What clown dimension do you exist in?
They should write in mistermodal instead, so they can feel morally superior
Does diffusing the comments across these accounts make you feel better about spending your entire life feeling empty, staring at a screen, while I enjoy a tropical paradise? Something to mull
Speaking of pathetic...
Bakersfield, huh? 🤣 No wonder you are pissed you live in a settler shithole that's going to burn to the ground over and over. I studied the ecology in cali. Europeans are seriously an invasive species that needs to be dealt with for the biology of north america to ever be normal again. /s 😜
Look.
I'm sure you stopped going to your therapist because you thought you had made progress.
You haven't. Call and set up the appointments.
You're not the only one living in the tropics. What a smug asshole. lol
German calling people smug asshole expecting to be taken seriously 😂 if I could block every German by default anywhere I would. I'm sure you're in Argentina sipping mimosas with 135 yr old Hitler, enjoy
Why are you even assuming that I'm German? Is Germany located in the tropics? Are you an AI? 🤣
You're parsing people's comments to try to find out where they live?
That's some creepy shit, my dude.
Get help.
Relax, I'm not stalking you. I saw nihilism and felt a need to chime in.
Lol.
You're in a tropical paradise posting the asinine, mentally ill comments everyone is downvoting you for?
That's one of the saddest things I've ever heard.
Lol.
The fuck are you doing to get 3rd party candidates elected? How's that going?
Are you seriously unable to think of anything better to do with your time and energy than get people to not vote for the democrats? That's pathetic. Grow up.