Honestly, third parties are a hard thing to discuss considering the two biggest ones in the US are fundamentally unserious. I still keep an eye on the Working Class Party locally.
The time? When it counts least. The place? Abstract thought.
It most counts in the first 3.5 years…ya know, when there’s time to build enough support to do more than take away votes from the major party you’re nearest
Many Lemmy power users would say that you can’t criticize and protest an incumbent last year here, because there is an election coming up. It always counts, especially if it’s inconvenient. You might have had to cast a ballot for Biden if people didn’t speak up and demand better.
This don’t speak and fall in line rhetoric is why there is a continued rightward side. Obviously getting rid of first pass, electoral college, etc are the way to achieve real reform, but those will never be implemented without massive pressure. It happens locally, but exposure and understanding of these ideas is more impactful and reaches a larger audience when on a national stage when the whole country is watching.
(Vote Kamala, but demand better.)
Hank is grinning cause he’s hoping the people will do anything for 3.5 years. He’s then frowning because after not doing anything for 3.5 years the people talking about the duopoly and third parties chose the laziest option of voting against their interests in the only time in the last 4 years when the conclusion was actually forgone.
This comment has some real I dont understand or acknowledge the consequences of my actions, vibes.
the consequences of my actions
Who is the president and who did you vote for last time?
Biden and Biden. Voted for Bernie in the primary, couldn’t get him to the nomination, then I put on my big boy pants and voted Biden because the alternative was Trump. It’s pretty simple.
There’s lightyears of difference between “stop throwing paint on statues and blocking roads” and “stop sitting on your privilege with your vote and allowing the disemprivileged to be meat grindered because you think this time it’ll teach the incredibly privileged who happen to be nearest to you politically a lesson.”
If your third party doesn’t run candidates in local or state elections, it’s not a real political party.
B-B-B-But Dems bad!1! (/s)
