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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前If a third party can’t win an election in nearly 30 years, it’s not really an alternative to anything. Time to let it go.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 个月前Let it go and do what? The plan that has won over the last 30 years was the fascist one.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前You let the Green party go. They can’t get 1% of the vote, haven’t won an election in any state, it’s past time to give up the illusion that they are a real party.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 个月前It sounds like they’ve been pretty insignificant. Which better idea has worked well over the last 30 years?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前Taking over a major party by challenging center candidates in primaries and winning in the general elections. See the Tea Party / Red Hat takeover of the Republican party. Progressives need to do the same to the Democrats.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 个月前Why didn’t they try that sooner?
If a third party can’t win an election in nearly 30 years, it’s not really an alternative to anything. Time to let it go.
Let it go and do what? The plan that has won over the last 30 years was the fascist one.
You let the Green party go. They can’t get 1% of the vote, haven’t won an election in any state, it’s past time to give up the illusion that they are a real party.
It sounds like they’ve been pretty insignificant. Which better idea has worked well over the last 30 years?
Taking over a major party by challenging center candidates in primaries and winning in the general elections.
See the Tea Party / Red Hat takeover of the Republican party.
Progressives need to do the same to the Democrats.
Why didn’t they try that sooner?
Not yet…