The duopoly won every time. No less of a mandate ever. It proved the Green party’s irrelevance and hurt the left by feuling and supporting the DNC’s and MSM’s arguments blaming us for . Even though those arguments were false, it made it harder to rally anyone to join the left.
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Replying to @SustainableFred @chesaboudin
Nope. They'll blame us whether we vote Green or not. The LAST thing anyone should do is give a mandate to one's abuser. A Joe Biden administration would be a horrific blow to the left - because it would cause the centrists to go to sleep and ignore progressives even more.
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Replying to @gaijingirl2004 @chesaboudin
There is no mandate that could possibly be given or withheld by anyone to either of these candidates. There will be a President in Jan. It will be a Dem or a GOP, he will rule as if he has a mandate. You’re finally getting what really DOES matter: what we do AFTER the election!
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Replying to @SustainableFred @chesaboudin
EVERY SINGLE VOTE IS A MANDATE. Yes, there will be a President in January. But the less votes that Dem or GOP POTUS has, the better. You have *zero* reason to argue against maximizing the Green vote now. Unless you really *don't* want to see the duopoly challenged?
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@thebluemaverick, I think this is one of the cases of what I described a few days ago... An individual who claims they're progressive - But seems h*ll-bent on suppressing 3rd party voting.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
No politician is entitled to anyone's vote.
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Here's the phenomenon I'm seeing - Folks who are ostensibly progressive. They argue not *necessarily* to vote Biden (though some do.) But downplay voting Green. IE: "it's not helpful", "there are other things to focus on", etc. Despite a 3rd party vote being no-lose.
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Replying to @gaijingirl2004 @thebluemaverick and
I highly suspect at least some (or many) accounts that do such are actually on the Biden "team". Because after all - if indies are discouraged sufficiently to not vote at all, their 'no' votes are easily dismissable as apathy.
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And then they'll be subsequently blamed later
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I went going door to door for Bernie in both 2016 and 2020. I was NOT on Hillary’s team nor Biden’s. I see how the DNC strangles progressives & 3rd parties. That’s why I support electoral reforms like
#RankedChoiceVoting that can give ind’s and 3rd parties a chance.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Yes, but Fred -
You've spent this entire thread pushing the concept that voting Green/3rd party is useless.
*IF* you weren't actively trying to suppress the 3rd party vote, your point would be:
"Vote #greenparty, AND follow through with grassroots bottom up measures XYZ."
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