• OwOarchist@pawb.social
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    1 day ago

    Are they splitting from Old Dems, or?

    As long as we have first-past-the-post voting, they have to work within the Dem party, rather than outside it. Trying to fully split into a 3rd party would split the non-fascist vote and make them both lose.

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      21 hours ago

      And I’ll reiterate the issue so many gloss over here: The two party system could still theoretically work. But it doesn’t work right now because more than one human being votes for the Republicans, a hateful entity that destroys everything and helps no one but the rich.

      That is a choice, one I’ve never tolerated or understood. Even if America had more options, it wouldn’t cure voters that reject progressive candidates because they’re not hateful enough.

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      22 hours ago

      Yeah, unless we restructure our democracy to support multiple parties, the closest we can get is two parties that contain several distinct caucuses.