• superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    I dont hate the idea of a third party, I just dont think its possible in the current political system. To have a third party you have to change the way voting works. That means you gotta get the people that have the power to change it to change it. Thats why they object to voting third party. And frankly, right now, until the system changes, a third party will never get traction. You need democrats who want third parties to work their way up through the system and change it.

    • Aether Mechanic@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.orgOP
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      4 days ago

      To have a third party you have to change the way voting works. …a third party will never get traction.

      Nah, people say that to make you not wanna vote third party. If everyone voted third party, then we’d have a viable third party.

      You don’t think a third party would get traction of everyone voted for it? Trust me, it’d get traction. People need to stop thinking it can’t happen, or it will never happen. That’s how you got Trump, by the way. Look at all the people who didn’t even vote. Imaging if they would have voted third party. The numbers would prove that third parties are viable.

      Dude, you gotta face it. People are afraid to take a risk. Every fucking election it’s: “Oh sure, third parties would be awesome. But not THIS election. THIS election is too important. Next time!”

      Every. Fucking. Election.

      You keep on being afraid and scratching your head. I’ll keep laughing at how the duopoly is failing you. :)

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        4 days ago

        Let me know when that fantasy you described becomes a reality and I’ll be happy to vote third party alongside you. Until then, I’m stuck voting for the least bad option.

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          4 days ago

          Yeah, and while you keep voting for the least bad option, don’t be mad when people like Trump win. Because that’s the exact mindset that caused his win. I voted third party last election, so none of it’s my fault! lol

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            4 days ago

            Thats an interesting way to think of it. I think the complete opposite. I am actually one of the reasons Trump became president in 2016. I wasted my vote and voted third party in a swing state in 2016.

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              4 days ago

              Voting for who you like, isn’t a wasted vote. It’s the point of voting. The duopoly wants you to be afraid to vote third party. That’s how they stay in power.

              You’re falling for their fear. It’s part of their plan.

              Not me. I’ll keep on voting third party. Every. Single. Time. :)