Nader made this claim in 2000. He then went on to do. . . .nothing for the green party. Nor did he significantly contribute to politically advancing any of the causes he claimed to care about. Jill Stein made these same claims. And I think it's safe to say she's done even less.
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Although, I'm only talking about left-wing protest candidates here. The story is possibly different when it comes to right-wing ones, especially during post-Civil Rights alignment.
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Still, my point: left-wing protest candidates haven't produced outcomes in my lifetime. Not in terms of party building, infrastructure, any of the causes they care about. Nothing. I wish people would stop being deceived by the "actually your vote IS pragmatic" argument.
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@efalchuk made a great, determined push at building the United Independent Party in MA after his governor run - unfortunately was not successful, but put in way more work than any other 3rd party candidate I’ve seen -
Thank you for the example! I will look into this.
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Depends what kind of change they mean. Protest votes in 00 and 16 contributed in a very real way to upwards redistribution of the wealth and a defiant refusal to face climate change. Our world is very different now thanks to that
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Craig Mazin said this in 2016. Even if they somehow win, what are they going to do without allies in Congress?
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Like sure they can still control appointments and foreign policy, but things like M4A and debt free college are immediately DOA.
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They sure do produce a bump in the candidate's bank accounts, though....
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