• @SirDerpy@lemmy.world
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    -329 months ago

    Voting isn’t very important in the US “democracy” because nearly all of the politicians take corporate money. It’s the same goals with different marketing. All that’s changed recently is one party just unwillingly took their mask off. To abide by my principles I don’t vote for any candidate that takes corporate money.

    However, if I still lived in a purple state, I’d strongly consider sacrificing my principle for those that can’t suffer another Trump term. But, in my deep red state I’ll vote Green POTUS to put pressure Democratic platform. My POTUS vote will at least have a chance of being heard. But, probably not. There’s no way 5% of voters learn how their system works before November. It has to get worse before enough are sufficiently motivated.

    • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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      109 months ago

      Shouldn’t she also have given away all her excess money, or is that only disqualifying for Dems?

      • @SirDerpy@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        You’re the only one who asked a decent question, so far. Thanks.

        I assume you mean Stein? She sucks because she’s isolated from the negative consequence of her proposed means and cares little for the agency of those who’d pay the price. I’d not vote for her if she could win. The Green candidate doesn’t matter until they could win.

        The value is platform. Green has been fiercely loyal to their platform for decades. Five percent of the GE would place immense pressure upon Democratic platform immediately because the social populist platform would be on every ballot in the next cycle. Then, after fours years, their choice of candidate would matter.