• Soup@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Waiting for a third party person to get support before you support them kills any chance of a movement right away. Until then, you just get the center-right using the far-right boogeyman.

    We have a viable third party here in Canada but people’s main excuse “they’ll never win”. Like, no shit, you keep saying you like their platform so fucking DO something about it!

    The dumbest thing for the US specifically is that there IS a movement forming. Progressives are winning primaries, Mamdani is fixing NYC in record time and pulling no punches, and people are getting excited about it even in other countries. It’s all there, and if you vote against that what the fuck do you think is going to happen? If you aren’t part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

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      5 days ago

      Waiting for a third party person to get support before you support them kills any chance of a movement right away

      Tell us you didn’t read what you’re replying to without telling us.

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        5 days ago

        Literally jusy start with the first sentence, dude. It’s ok, take your time, but maybe next time don’t come at me with your raging first grade reading level(is it even that? Their comment was pretty clear).

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          13 hours ago

          Voting for a third party is only valid if a movement, a real one, forms around it.

          This? You seem to be using voting and support interchangeably? There is a heck of a lot more you can do to support a movement than waiting around until voting day.