▲ 1059 ▼ Far left intellectualism (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by trek32@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 783 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) No politician is going to please everyone. All we can do is keep choosing the less bad option until there's finally a good option. Ranked choice voting would be nice, but for that to ever be an option we need the left to overpower the right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) All we can do is keep choosing the less bad option That's absolutely not the case. For the Democrats to pull back towards the left, their viability as a choice for left-leaning voters needs to be threatened. It's too late for this election, so vote Dem, but in the medium term it means taking action to support a better third party that actually champions progressive and egalitarian governance and peaceful foreign policy, and also challenging the Democrats with protests and campaigns. Waiting did not get women the vote. Waiting did not achieve the victories of the Civil Rights movement. Waiting will not stop US proxy genocide in the Middle East. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago Not enough people will ever vote 3rd party to threaten the democrats. It's a nice thought, but the amount of people who actually care enough to make the switch is still going to be extremely low even with massive campaigning. Also, times are different; the government and population is vastly different than it was in the 20th century. And the threat of a 3rd party wasn't what made the change anyways. permalink fedilink source parent [+] antimurikan@lemmy.wtf 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) All we can do is keep choosing the less bad option That's absolutely not the case. For the Democrats to pull back towards the left, their viability as a choice for left-leaning voters needs to be threatened. It's too late for this election, so vote Dem, but in the medium term it means taking action to support a better third party that actually champions progressive and egalitarian governance and peaceful foreign policy, and also challenging the Democrats with protests and campaigns. Waiting did not get women the vote. Waiting did not achieve the victories of the Civil Rights movement. Waiting will not stop US proxy genocide in the Middle East. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago Not enough people will ever vote 3rd party to threaten the democrats. It's a nice thought, but the amount of people who actually care enough to make the switch is still going to be extremely low even with massive campaigning. Also, times are different; the government and population is vastly different than it was in the 20th century. And the threat of a 3rd party wasn't what made the change anyways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago Not enough people will ever vote 3rd party to threaten the democrats. It's a nice thought, but the amount of people who actually care enough to make the switch is still going to be extremely low even with massive campaigning. Also, times are different; the government and population is vastly different than it was in the 20th century. And the threat of a 3rd party wasn't what made the change anyways. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] antimurikan@lemmy.wtf 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
