• lookupgeorgism@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Why do you think voting for a party aligns yourself with that party?

    If two people want to attempt to unalive your mother with a 50% probability that they will succeed, and you have the chance to stop only one of them, reducing the chance to 25%. Does it mean that you align with whoever you do not choose?

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      1 month ago

      Voting WITH a party is not the same thing as voting for a candidate that has openly identified as a member one party or the other because that is a barrier to entry or funding avenue for them.

      I know it’s hard to accept, but the entire history of both parties hasn’t been “socialist utopia vs. Nazis.” For a century the Democrats didn’t eject all the Southern racists that declared they were Dems simply to be a counterpoint to Lincoln-to-MLK-era Republicans.

      Even a cursory understanding of history should make anyone distrust all political parties forever.

      But please tell me more about how the party that denied us a president Bernie Sanders (I) is worth my time.

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        But please tell me more about how the party that denied us a president Bernie Sanders (I) is worth my time.

        Like Bernie has said, it is the only realistic vehicle to carry someone like him into the White House. The way the US political system is structured your movement needs to take over an existing party instead of trying to establish its own new party from the ground up if it wants any hope of success.