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No, 'we' are not. If you take a step back and think about it, it makes perfect sense.
Lots of noise and confusion, distrust, 'both siding', etc. And all of that happens magically around...presidential election time.
I will maintain my position, tankies/greenparty are propped up to sow distrust and it is a well known mechanism from russia. Do I think all these poor lost souls are on a payroll? Of course not, if only they were. You can fix income, mentalissues are much tougher to solve. You can indoctrinate swarms of people to do your bidding if you take the time and effort. Again, exactly what russia decades ago started doing to the west. They are 'activated' (throw the right amount of messaging on several social media channels to do so) always, and I mean always, around presidential election time.
A good question to ask would be why it is that Stein person is only in the picture around presidential election times. I never hear about the groundwork of a true party to gain ground on the more 'boring' levels that gain no notoriety or attention, like local boards, mayors, etc. Always they spring to life around presidential election times where they stand absolutely no chance. Why is that?
And for greenparty/tankies to start calling other people delusional is just sad. Lost souls is what they are and I fear we will have to say goodbye to them as I see no real way to mend their minds, they are that lost.
Or maybe it's because you don't pay attention (and the media wilgully ignores more radical opinions). I know crazy.
So tell me, which of Stein's or the Green Party's policies makes them "tankies" exactly?
Not the policies, I talked about the people advocating for that party
So nothing, just ad-hominem. Got it!