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If you chose not to decide, you still have made a choice… (europe.pub)
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[–] 3 points 5 days ago (1 child)

You call it clowning, but this is literally the strategy that was used to defeat slavery. The "play within the system" planned was attempted for nearly a hundred years by the Abolitionists. They tried your way again and again. Slavery only ended when they abandoned your way and started a third party.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 days ago*

    Except a third party is still voting? I only clown on third party voters when they:

    a) split the vote of a single party instead of pulling from both parties and new voters (because it only helps the remaining party cement their dominance in the next election through gerrymandering etc)

    b) have clown policies that appeal only to emotion, with no path to implementation (I'm looking at you, Jill Stein and Ross Perot)

    Show me a legitimate third party candidate with good policy proposals and a plan to gain votes without guaranteeing the worst candidate wins and I'll vote for 'em, campaign for 'em, and more.

    Third party isn't burning the bus down or letting it drive off the cliff. Third party (when done well) is a third bus driver choice. I'm all for that.

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