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Vote third party! It influences the major parties, who will REFUSE to act until they lose votes over an issue. Of course your candidate won't be elected, that's not the goal.
Check out the history of the minimum wage; Socialists have been fighting for such since the 1910s, and they are still fighting.
Check out the history of marijuana legalization; bOtH pArTiEs were delighted to throw hundreds of thousands of people into prison. The greens and libertarians have fought for legalization since the 1970s.
Why don't you know this long history? Because it's almost never reported on.
Vote for who you support, and remember that FORTY PERCENT of all voters are now Independents, the major parties have only 30% each and they will continue to lose voters, and they will get angrier about it every year.
You are not alone.
What did the person you’re replying g to say? It’s super sus that the mods removed it…
Wow that is a massive moderation overstep. What the fuck?
no, it's not.
What is your deal? Are you going to reply to the same comment a third time in another hour? You need help.
do you need help finding the block button?
leave
Yeah, this kind of moderation is not a good look. We can downvote Blue-Maga opinions on our own.
Don't forget all the times both parties have felt the need copy from third party platforms out of fear of losing votes.
Green New Deal was taken from the Green party and softened up to not offend the corporations who fund the big parties.
Karl Marx, Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League London, March 1850
Saving this for other discussion around the fediverse.
We reached the same conclusion, I think it's obvious!
Meanwhile, many can't imagine voting without the "we won!!!" cookie, because they can't look at anything logically and they are ignorant of history.
If it wasn't for third parties, my state would STILL be locking thousands of people up. Over 50 years of fighting for legalization, none of it by major parties.
Most people think politics is simply voting, because they're lazy and easy to manipulate. Join your party (any party). Become a precinct committee officer or the equivalent, maybe even collect signatures for local initiatives? There's lots of work to do.
A few people make a big difference when they actually work for a common goal; after all, 95% choose to sit at home and hurl insults on the internet instead.