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Accelerationist [RULE] (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Eventually you’ll figure out that the party that got 1% of the vote last time isn’t suddenly gonna sweep it with 51% this time.

no one proposed that

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The. What is the goal? To get to the magical 5%?

    How’d that work out for Nader in 2000 when he didn’t even get to 3%? Was it worth it, when nearly 100k people voted for him in Florida, and Gore lost to Bush by a margin of only 537 votes? Would the environmentalists who supported Nader be more appreciative of Bush’s outcome than they would have been if Gores?

    Third parties are great. We absolutely need them. But they cannot and will not ever get a foothold starting at the top of the ballot. Yang really has the right idea in The Forward Party, starting down ballot before even contemplating higher office. It’s the only way another party will ever get any significant standing.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yang really has the right idea in The Forward Party, starting down ballot before even contemplating higher office. It’s the only way another party will ever get any significant standing.

    if you think that, you should put energy toward that. but I don't and won't.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    gore didn't lose that election

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It shouldn’t have even been a question in the first place. 100k people thought Gore wasn’t good enough for them, and as a result, they all got us Bush.

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