I'm not American but I probably would have voted Democrat if I was.
However, Democrats who are more mad at leftists voting third party than they're mad at republicans or their own fucking party that simply could not be bothered to stop bombing children to gain the left-wing vote: Go fuck yourselves.
Dividing the left wouldn't matter if we used a more representative voting system. One that gave people the freedom to vote how they want and still have their vote count if their preference didn't win. Voters should be able to transfer their vote how they wish and stay represented. To have their vote count no matter what.
Why don't blue states switch away from First-past-the-post voting? Republicans aren't in power, they could easily make this change. Don't they believe in democracy? Or do prefer this undemocratic hostage situation that hands the republicans power repeatedly?
Electoral Reform Videos
First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)
Videos on alternative electoral systems
Alternative voting systems have in practice been proven useless, whether in South Korea, Japan, Australia, and many other capitalist dictatorship countries that use it. It might make bribery a bit more expensive, since there are more candidates to buy off, and more political advertising necessary, but it hasn't fixed anything.
The root problem is capital standing above political power. And that can't be undone using it's own platform.
They're useless because the capital powers that be actively try to misinform the public on preferential voting (As part of a larger attack on education to keep a complicit population)
If I had a dollar every time I heard someone tell me I'm throwing away my vote for preferencing a minor party that has no hope of winning I'd probably have enough money to bribe a politician into making some decent fucking policy
You're right that it doesn't solve much but the two party system in the US is particularly terrible. Fundamental change is a lot harder to achieve than changing voting systems and even with a socialist state we'd want one of these, so I think there's no point opposing it even if it isn't a panacea
Electoral reform not only doesn't address root causes, it doesn't even treat the symptoms. It hasn't prevented australia or japan from having far right governments, hasn't returned land to indigenous peoples, hasn't done anything against inequality, hasn't empowered poorer peoples. All it does is make the political bribery slightly more expensive.
At a deeper level, representative elections always result in an oligarchy. The wealthy / economically dominant classes are the only ones who have enough money / prestige to finance their campaigns and win the popularity contest. It makes any political system based on elections nothing more than political theatre.
This is basic stuff even the ancient greeks knew, and communists learned through trial and error, yet liberals in the 21st century can't wrap their heads around it.
All it does is make the political bribery slightly more expensive.
I disagree, i think it makes it possible for 3rd parties to succeed, maybe not in practice, but at least theoretically, which is a worthwhile change. But let's grant that that's all it does... that's still a good thing and not worth opposing.
At a deeper level, representative elections always result in an oligarchy. The wealthy / economically dominant classes are the only ones who have enough money / prestige to finance their campaigns and win the popularity contest. It makes any political system based on elections nothing more than political theatre.
Yup, I agree with all this, but i don't see it as a reason to oppose better election systems.
Agreed. Let's not let perfect be the enemy of good. Even if it ONLY makes bribery more expensive, is that not a good thing?
"you're hurting your cause!!" whines liberal who hates both you and your cause
heeheehee! if only the world was as simple as the mind that made this meme
Heeheehee! If only not voting brought us further away from fascism
Heeheehee! If only voting brought us further away from fascism
Heeheeheehee, don't vote, it's pointless!
-Donald Trump 2016, while making a winkie face, and Donald Trump 2024, also making a winkie face
"reach for the sky!"
"there's a snake in my boot!"
"this town aint big enough for the two of us"
It's not as simple as this meme. But it did, however, basically happen back in 2016
i wonder if that's true.
Cringehallry wins
Trumpism dies in the cradle
Roe v Wade Stands
Joe Biden never president
No "sleepy president" movement
We don't deport protestors
Being Trans isn't illegal
People aren't sent to torture prisons without trial
No exec orders against lawyers for disagreeing with the government
I don't drink myself to death
Seems a better timeline tbh.
stay in your own thread, woody
That happens no matter who you vote ... So yeah sure, pretend voting 3p means you're doing anything other increasing the chance of oppression
Wow I didn't know that "Glass Gaza Now Donny G" was the better option. You almost got me convinced, Eepy Joe was so much worse than "Remove the Gazans, let's build a resort" DJT
They said the same thing about every Republican as what they say about Trump. If you live your entire life in hyperbole people get desensitized.
No, no they didn't. I've been through a number Republican presidents... Well 3 others .. And not one of them was said to be a threat to democracy, not one of them was said to be a threat to the rule of law, and not one of them was it questioned whether they would leave office if they lost election.
It is a bullshit statement to say Trump is a standard Republican and what Democrats are saying is just hyperbole, and this is what they always say. The only way you can possibly think this is if you've only been exposed to Trump presidencies.
Thank you for your input my Gen Z pal, but I don't recall any other president destroying law firms for representing their political opponents, nor calling for blatant retaliation against journalists that don't jerk them off.
Also don't personally recall a president deliberately destroying the economy through sheer stupidity, but maybe someone older can check in, it may have happened historically.