Jill Stein formally launches 2024 White House bid as Green party candidate

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.world – 174 points –
Jill Stein formally launches 2024 White House bid as Green party candidate
theguardian.com
358

You are viewing a single comment

Not this shit again. Our country literally might not survive another Donald Trump presidency, which is what you're helping happen by supporting a 3rd-party candidate when we have a 2-party system.

  1. Keep Trump and his goons from taking power
  2. Vote local. This is where things like ranked-choice voting and reproductive rights are created and have impact
  3. When it's not "first past the post", vote for whoever you want, guilt-free! At this point, there's no such thing as a spoiler candidate...

It's called priorities.

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!

I voted but Sanjaya, but that's only because the ballot was confusing.

I don't believe there is any way Biden will be re-elected. If for no other reason when he finally dies of old age who would want kamala running the show.

This is as bad a take as people saying there's no way he can lose re-election. Pro or against, betting POTUS (who has the best healthcare in the world) will die in the next 4 years is the longest of bets. Also, no one votes based on who the successor might be. Lastly, he's healthier than Trump for fuck's sake...

Dude is like 80. Math doesn't lie and the best doctors in the world can't stop time. Statistically it's time to dig a hole. He won't be re-elected, but if he were there's no way he's got another 4 years left kicking dirt.

the best doctors in the world can't stop time

Ok but life expectancy literally directly correlates with the quality of your healthcare

Understood. He's already 8 years past the average life expectancy of a American man. The writing is on the wall.

vote for whoever you want, guilt-free

i do this now. the only decision i have left to make is whether it's going to be jill stein or cornel west.

We count those as Republican votes. Thank you for your service, patriot!

this is election misinformation.

It was a joke. But functionally, you're throwing your vote away. If you care so much about 3rd-party candidates, instead help us pass ranked-choice voting!

If you care so much about 3rd-party candidates

honestly, i don't. i vote because it takes like no effort, but i vote for people i actually want to win. i'm not terribly invested in whether they do, though: every politician i've ever voted for who won turned out to be a terrible disappointment.

every politician i've ever voted for who won turned out to be a terrible disappointment.

Weird. Based on your comments, you're clearly a rational, empathetic individual open to intelligent discussion, so the issue can't be you...

help us pass ranked-choice voting!

no, thank you. i don't want that system any more than the current one.

Oh you know so much about third party politics, tell us why did Bernie run for president in the Democratic primary?

i don't see the point of this question. it's clearly rhetorical. if you have something to say, say it.

I think we'd all like to hear your expert take.

theres no expertise needed. we can ask him why he chose to run as a democrat.

"There's no secret that I think that the Democratic Party has not been vigorous enough in standing up for working families. I've said that repeatedly and I say it again," Sanders told Seven Days. "On the other hand, I will also tell you [there are] some great people in the Democratic Party that I work closely with. But right now, it seems to me the most effective and practical way to go forward is to participate in the Democratic primary process."

That's not why. That isn't about third party politics or running for the DNC nom as a third party pol. You can read what he said about it in his book called Our Revolution.

you don't need to know anything about so-called "third party" politics to know that if you count a vote for one person as another, that's illegal and it is not the policy to count green votes as republican votes.

This is a weird comment. It's not "so called," It's actually called third party politics. And Bernie is the longest serving third party politician I think ever, at least in modern history.