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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

nah, let her.

it's time they had a proper third party down there anyways, the democrats are fucking useless

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I agree the Democrats are useless, but the only time in modern history a third party has gotten any measurable percentage of the popular vote is when Ross Perot ran as an independent and got 19%.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Teddy Roosevelt got 27% in 1912 with the Bull Moose party. Not sure if that counts as modern history.

    It's true that a third party candidate would be a major long shot but fuck it, what do we have to lose?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    What do we stand to lose? Try fucking everything, when the republicans easily win against a fractured DNC and America slips even further into fascism.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    But the DNC is already entirely ineffective. We are already losing every single time we vote for either major party. Even when the Dems are in office, they appear incapable or unwilling to accomplish meaningful progressive political objectives, so we are slipping further into fascism anyway, no?

    This has been the status quo for generations already, how long does it have to continue before we cut our losses and make a risky gambit? I just don't understand what you think the DNC is protecting us from, because in my view they are also part of the problem.

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