My point is that it doesn’t matter how you dress up this shit sandwich, at least if you’re a member of the poor or working class. Neither of the two candidates are going to anything meaningful to change your experience in this country apart from simply making it harder to exist.
We know this because we’ve seen it consistently across four decades, but I mention Obama because for me that’s when it hurt the most. I saw my father lose his business and instead of going to prison, Jamie Dimon and his ilk lost nothing and are seen as Wall Street visionaries. Now my 80 year-parents drive for DoorDash because they literally have no other option.
I’ve voted third party all my life up until Obama. It never changed a single fucking thing. I voted for Perot when he got 19% of the vote and not one single electoral vote. (My personal politics have changed considerably over the years.) Not one thing changed. Perot and his ideas were never even part of the conversation after the election.
Voting third party is stupid and naive and I’m embarrassed it took me so god damn long to figure that out.
So… if you want change, vote for a party that has never won anything at the federal level ever?
Elections in the US are fucked… but voting for a third party that doesn’t change that. They don’t have a chance in hell at winning the Presidency, much less a seat in congress. At most it’s a protest vote, which doesn’t mean much when Trump is in office.
State and local elections, I think, are the best place to support alternative parties. That’s where officials both have a chance to get elected… and to actually make a difference and build a support network that can make them a force at the federal level.
Man, you had me until you mentioned voting green party. Rest assured, that will never fix or win anything so long as our political system is FPtP and popular vote doesn’t mean shit.
My point is that it doesn’t matter how you dress up this shit sandwich, at least if you’re a member of the poor or working class. Neither of the two candidates are going to anything meaningful to change your experience in this country apart from simply making it harder to exist.
We know this because we’ve seen it consistently across four decades, but I mention Obama because for me that’s when it hurt the most. I saw my father lose his business and instead of going to prison, Jamie Dimon and his ilk lost nothing and are seen as Wall Street visionaries. Now my 80 year-parents drive for DoorDash because they literally have no other option.
If you want change, vote Green.
I’ve voted third party all my life up until Obama. It never changed a single fucking thing. I voted for Perot when he got 19% of the vote and not one single electoral vote. (My personal politics have changed considerably over the years.) Not one thing changed. Perot and his ideas were never even part of the conversation after the election.
Voting third party is stupid and naive and I’m embarrassed it took me so god damn long to figure that out.
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So… if you want change, vote for a party that has never won anything at the federal level ever?
Elections in the US are fucked… but voting for a third party that doesn’t change that. They don’t have a chance in hell at winning the Presidency, much less a seat in congress. At most it’s a protest vote, which doesn’t mean much when Trump is in office.
State and local elections, I think, are the best place to support alternative parties. That’s where officials both have a chance to get elected… and to actually make a difference and build a support network that can make them a force at the federal level.
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Man, you had me until you mentioned voting green party. Rest assured, that will never fix or win anything so long as our political system is FPtP and popular vote doesn’t mean shit.