And you all told me the blue maga border bill that Republicans rejected was 4d chess.

  • @[email protected]
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    09 months ago

    They’re arguing against voting for a third party, just as you are.

    I don’t agree with either of you, but this isn’t about what I agree with or disagree with:

    You’re arguing that anyone voting for a third party is a waste, and that anyone arguing for that is naive.

    The person you responded to is saying the same thing, but with more words, and the final paragraph arguing that if people are unhappy they should run or organize for political offices, rather than argue for or vote for a third party.

    • @Riccosuave
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      19 months ago

      I guess you could potentially read that interpretation into what they said, but that is not how I personally took it. To me it seemed like they were arguing that if there was any real appetite for a progressive populist candidate that it would be possible to get them elected through grassroots support alone, and I just don’t agree with that at all for the reasons that I already stated. The nature of the two party system is that it necessarily creates the artificial appearance of majority support for candidates that would otherwise not even represent a plurality within their own party a lot of the time.