Can I get a smug lecture on how you’re choosing the third, disconnected track?

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    18 hours ago

    There weren’t even enough third party votes in total that could have swayed the election for Kamala.

    Why are you wasting energy punching left?

    Grow up

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      Persuading people to vote 3rd party is just one piece of the puzzle. Some will vote 3rd, others stay home and some morons can be convinced to vote for the pedophile party. It adds up.

      3rd parties are also convenient in sewing doubt in the D candidate. If you show people there’s an obscure party that will offer world peace and free healthcare, D voters will be disappointed in their candidate, but the R voters don’t even hear the message.

      The US election system is complete garbage, but you have to play with the D or R rules.

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        The US election system is complete garbage, but you have to play with the D or R rules.

        You don’t have to at all. And the line of reasoning that makes someone vote for democrats despite their many many many issues, is a line of reasoning that logically concludes at voting third party.

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            15 hours ago

            It would be functionally similar to a democrat, so yes, in essence your line of reasoning leads to a third trump term no matter what.

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              Truly the fashos are the same as the entire establishment. Feel free to keep enabling the nazis while patting yourself on the back. The political system in the US practically does not allow for third parties, and even if you manage to replace one party with something better that doesn’t solve the fundamental long term issue. Pushing for electoral reform one way or another does not mean you can’t at least put in a meaningful vote against the fashos.

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                Feel free to keep enabling the nazis while patting yourself on the back.

                Sorry, I just said I won’t vote for democrats

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                  So you’ll get either your 3rd party candidate (you won’t), or Trump’s third. Hard to see why you’d want that, but I guess we all have our reasons.

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                    14 hours ago

                    or Trump’s third

                    Or a democrat, which is functionally similar to Trump.

                    even if you manage to replace one party with something better that doesn’t solve the fundamental long term issue.

                    Wow, it’s almost like the USA isn’t a democracy and you’re given a false choice between two identical political parties in order to keep you from actually doing anything of substance. It’s almost like your argument about voting mattering is flawed. Weird how noone pointed that out.

                    Pushing for electoral reform one way or another does not mean you can’t at least put in a meaningful vote against the fashos.

                    Right, which is why I’m not voting for democrats or republicans.