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minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111arrow-down3·1 day agoDNC normally "3rd parties don’t function in our two party system, there’s no point in voting for them DNC after losing their own primary: 3rd party it is
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down4·edit-21 day ago“Vote Blue No Matter Who” reverts to “Party Unity My Ass” as soon as centrists don’t get 100% of everything they want.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 day agoThese “” seem to have fallen from around the word centrists
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoThey’re not centrists as much as they want to believe they are. They are firmly conservative.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoConservative and centrist are functionally synonyms at this point.
minus-squareTinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 day ago DNC normally "3rd parties don’t function in our two party system, there’s no point in voting for them That part is just reality.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoReality created and enforced by those two parties, especially the DNC.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day agoThat’s why they sued to keep De La Cruz off the ballot in swing states.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·24 hours agoIt’s almost like mayoral politics in one of the most populous cities on the planet is somewhat different than state and federal level politics. Who knew
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours agoNow we’re taking about Democrats and the DNC.
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·17 hours agoA 3rd party won’t be viable in our lifetimes. Welcome to reality.
DNC normally "3rd parties don’t function in our two party system, there’s no point in voting for them
DNC after losing their own primary: 3rd party it is
“Vote Blue No Matter Who” reverts to “Party Unity My Ass” as soon as centrists don’t get 100% of everything they want.
These “” seem to have fallen from around the word centrists
They have not.
They’re not centrists as much as they want to believe they are. They are firmly conservative.
Conservative and centrist are functionally synonyms at this point.
That part is just reality.
Reality created and enforced by those two parties, especially the DNC.
That’s why they sued to keep De La Cruz off the ballot in swing states.
It’s almost like mayoral politics in one of the most populous cities on the planet is somewhat different than state and federal level politics.
Who knew
Now we’re taking about Democrats and the DNC.
A 3rd party won’t be viable in our lifetimes.
Welcome to reality.