• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Either vote third party or don’t waste your time voting. You are getting nothing better with democrats. Trump is a candidate that was placed there by the democrats so they can have a better chance in the elections. In next elections they will simply move the goal post and get someone even worse for Republican party and whatever you are voting against in these elections will be the democrat position in the next one.

    Ladies and gentlemen, a wedge-driving operative seeking to undermine Democrats and get Trump into office. There is literally zero evidence that “Trump is a candidate that was placed there by Democrats”. There is zero historical evidence voting third party does anything more than get the worse of two evils in office — and Ukrainians and Palestinians would much prefer Biden over Trump any day.

    This is the rhetoric of someone either not either not familiar with the political system, or intentionally trying to undermine the left by opening the door for conservatives.

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      This is the rhetoric of someone either not either not familiar with the political system, or intentionally trying to undermine the left by opening the door for conservatives.

      false dichotomy. they may be familiar with the political system (even more than you or i), and not believe the same things you do. they may be a leftist. you are making up attacks on their person instead of dealing with the substance of their claims.

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          that’s a thought-terminating cliche like saying it’s common sense. if you can’t support your position, that’s no reason to go off attacking other people as malevolent or incompetent.

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        Nobody in the entire country would’ve disagreed with that strategy at the time, for quite literally everyone including Republicans thought Trump would doom the party. Hindsight is 20/20

        That, however isn’t the same as saying Trump is a Democratic plant colluding in disguise lol.

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          Nobody in the entire country would’ve disagreed with that strategy at the time

          you are now shifting the goalposts from “it didn’t happen” to “it was a good idea”.

          That didn't happen.
          And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
          And if it was, that's not a big deal.
          And if it is, that's not my fault.
          And if it was, I didn't mean it.
          And if I did, you deserved it.
          
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            lol logged into a different account I see, wow.

            (funny this is the only comment you didn’t respond to, isn’t it FederatingIsToohard LOL)

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      There is zero historical evidence voting third party does anything more than get the worse of two evils in office

      no such evidence is possible: you can’t prove a counterfactual. you can’t know who the worse evil would be. further it’s not clear that so-called “third party” voters actually impact elections at all unless their candidate wins.

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        No, we can. 3rd parties have been around for decades and won nothing and only exacerbated the goals of said parties by undermining the only party that has tangible results.

        You prove my point.

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          3rd parties have been around for decades and won nothing and only exacerbated the goals of said parties by undermining the only party that has tangible results.

          this simply isn’t true and reflects a myopic view of history. so-called third parties have been with us almost since the inception of the us, and have accomplished things inconceivable to modern politicians.

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            It simply is true. Even the longest serving Independent in congressional history caucuses and ran as a Democrat.

            But do tell what any third party from Libertarians to the Green Party have accomplished, relative to Democrats for the working class.

            Have you even heard of Nader or Perot?

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              Even the longest serving Independent in congressional history caucuses and ran as a Democrat.

              so? that doesn’t prove that so-called third parties are impotent. it shows that one person made some questionable decisions.

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                “Questionable decisions,” said the individual who had to dig back 100 years to find an example of any tangible progress made by such a 3rd-party…?

                I think I’ll go with the party that actually has a track-record of progress this half-century.

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                    Clear, substantive tangible records speaks nothing to the issue at hand that is discussing whether third-parties actually do anything…?

                    Huh?

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              what any third party from Libertarians to the Green Party have accomplished

              the prohibition party got a constitutional amendment passed. the republican party completely usurped the whigs.

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                  as i said, so-called third parties have been with us much longer and have accomplished things modern politicians could never conceive.

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                    “never conceive”?

                    Tell me, did a third party pass the Civil Rights Act?

                    That was pretty inconceivable for the time.

                    As was legalizing same sex marriage.

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              Have you even heard of Nader or Perot

              yes, and i also know that their candidacy had nothing to do with who won the two elections they are (erroneously) credited with spoiling.

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                They’re (accurately) credited with spoiling said elections and it is yet another example of the complete toothless value of 3rd-parties.

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                  any amount of research will show that, in fact, perot’s candidacy decreased clinton’s margin of victory, and gore won that election.

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                    Any amount of research will, in fact, show that Perot did not win and 3rd-party groups routinely spoil elections without remotely advancing their own agenda they claim to care about.

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          we can.

          it’s impossible to prove a counterfactual. you are either unfamiliar with the scientific method or you are deliberately lying.