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Which ceasefire candidate should I vote for? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know voting by itself cannot bring about change. However the right person in the right position, who is supported by the people, would have a legitimacy that revolutions often lack. The establishment candidates won't even debate, how can they be considered legitimate.

How am I suppose to choose between the three hopefuls I actually like though?

Jill Stein seems like she has the best chance to win, but I don't know if she is revolutionary enough.

Cornel West seems like he might actually be able to kick off a revolution, but I don't know if he could win.

Claudia de la Cruz seems amazing but is still very much a bit of an unknown.

Am I just suppose to roll the dice here? I think I could vote for any of these three with a clear conscience, but my favorite depends so much on the day.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The American electoral system is rigged by corrupt parties such that a third party vote is a protest vote. Vote third party by all means -- to vote for either the Democrats or Republicans would damn anyone's soul by making them complicit in genocide! -- but understand that the point is to send a message.

Which message do you want to send?

Green Party and Cornel West: Progressive, much better than the Democrats, but fundamentally still Liberal reformists who do not seek to fix the structural problems of neoliberalism.

PSL: Communism now.

I think the choice is clear. Vote PSL