US Voter Guide:
-- If you are an American minority, vote Clinton.
-- If you are female or non-binary, vote Clinton.
-- If you are a feminist, vote Clinton.
-- If you believe in a Republic, vote Clinton.
-- If you are not a racist, vote Clinton.
-- If you do not want a dictator, vote Clinton.
-- If you want the world to continue to exist, vote Clinton.
-- If you want my respect moving forward, vote Clinton.
If you are a white male misogynist fascist racist who believes in dictatorships, wants the world to end, and doesn't care what I think about you? Sure, vote for that orange asshole.
But, if any of those qualifiers does not apply? Vote Clinton.
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And if you vote for anyone but Clinton in a state where the outcome is in doubt, you're voting for the white male misogynist racist fascist culture, even if you're voting on for a progressive candidate. Elections aren't for personal statements of faith, they're for running the fucking country.
ReplyDeleteMy personal opinion, informed by Italian recent history and as such possibly not valid for US, is that "third parties" should not bid for the highest seats first. You don't create an alternative by pushing just for Parliament or President. If you do that, best case scenario is putting in charge willing people with no experience whatsoever that will just run around like headless chickens.
ReplyDeleteTo create a movement you begin from the base, from cities, provinces, states. You form your functionaries and test your apparatus and your ideas in the field.
Why do I hear of America's "third party" only one every four years?
If you love anyone of the mentioned groups? Vote Clinton.
ReplyDeleteEzio Melega That's complicated.
ReplyDeleteFor one, we do have "third party" candidates on a host of ballots across the country. In my own country, we have both a "green party" and a "libertarian" who run. I use the scare quote as I think they both poorly embody what they claim to; the green wants more highways!
In the Senate, Sanders is a socialist. He's never been a democrat, though he caucuses with the party so he can matter.
We don't have a parliamentary system like other western democracies. The structure of our system pushes us towards two parties.
As for why you don't hear about them, do you hear much about US politics in non presidential years?
The structural way our government works technically allows for third parties, and anything you'd do to get rid of them would be terrible, undemocratic, and would stifle the occasional realignment between the parties that we see. It's a shame that the structure means that third parties are almost always just spoilers, though.
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