sc94597 said:
"Vote lesser of two evils" has been the major strategy for the last fifty years. The result has been that politics in the United States has been shifting rightward due to the ratchet effect. The DNC's convention literally was just Bush Republicans (circa 2005) returning into politics as Democrats.
The 1890's People's party shifted the Democratic and Republicans left-ward, starting the progressive era. The Farmer-Labor Party shifted the Democratic Party leftwards, and eventually merged with it. Hell even the early 20th century Socialist Party shifted the Democratic Party leftwards by acting as a regional alternative in the Northeast and Midwest. If there isn't pressure from the left, the whole political system will continue moving to the right. The idea that Biden could be a literal Nazi and be better than Trump is ridiculous. |
And where do you think that pressure from the left will come from when Republicans are the only ones voted into office?
Of course they're moving ever closer to the right when that's the side that's most appealing to voters. And that won't change unless democrats are routinely voted in and they can actually push for progressive reforms without having to fear to be instantly voted out of office next chance.
I am all for more parties but THAT. SHIT. DOES. NOT. WORK. IN. THE. US. BECAUSE. THE. US. IS. NOT. A. DEMOCRACY. So let's just focus on trying to reform first before we try to pretend that democracy exists, let alone works, in the US.
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