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Socialism is not even radical (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (83 children)

In America you either one of the 2 main or a spoiler. Y'all really need ranked voting.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (63 children)

Can't get ranked choice voting with either establishment party, and I don't consider the only major leftist candidate to be a spoiler for 2 right parties.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (56 children)

Hilarious. Let me think about who I'd vote for if I was US-American. The Fascist or the at least slightly socially progressive neoliberals? It's anyone's guess really. NO. Of course the Dems, fucking obviously.

So if I was US-American and also hit in the head enough to consider voting for third party in a country with a first-past-the-post boring system, I'd not vote for the Dems as a result.

This is called the spoiler effect. This makes her a spoiler candidate, no matter her intention.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I fucking hate this rhetoric.

Voting for a third party is not "taking a vote away" from anyone.

You're arguing with someone who would in all likelihood JUST NOT VOTE if not for an alternative option. If you want assurances that fascism doesn't get voted in, how about you direct that passion towards getting people to vote for someone, anyone, instead of staying at home? That is the only certain way of getting not-the-GOP-candidate elected time and time again. Republicans always come out to vote in about the same numbers every election. Just get more people voting, and not only do the Dem numbers go up, but the viability of a third party goes up astronomically as well.