• Soup@lemmy.cafe
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    1 month ago

    The Green Party was never to be taken seriously by anyone that knows better. It’s always been a spoiler party. This is evident in the fact that seemingly none of the Green Party candidates do jack shit three years out of every four. And when the election cycle comes. They just projectile-shit left and right depending on who’s paying.

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      1 month ago

      Not to be taken seriously as having a chance to win is different than representing the views of a sub-group of Americans accurately.

      We see plenty of sports teams lose year after year and don’t ask why people are still fans, do we? Their values haven’t changed just because their side loses, they still believe that’s the right team to back.

      While third party votes wont make a third party candidate win the presidency, it absolutely has an effect on public opinion and discussion, evidenced by how many of these stories are coming out each day bashing third party voters.

      It seems absurd to me that democrats think third party voters will respond to attacks on their character, when the reason they wont vote democrat is because of the character democrats display.

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        1 month ago

        I don’t know how many sports teams that are taking Russian money and exist to essential fuck over the entire sport that would continue to have fans.

        Oh… and politics isn’t a fucking sport.

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          Turns out its not hard to hide the source of money, and politicians need money to run campaigns. The democrats and republicans both have their fair share of illicit donations, that’s entirely legal in America. I don’t really see your point? They all shouldn’t do it.

          Also, you seem to think the only third party is the green party, which is interesting.