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Nah dawg. Check my post history (don't actually), I've been advocating (and been getting heavily downvoted) for supporting third party candidates for years
And you are no closer to accomplishing your goals....
There is a reason socialists in the US vote for the democratic party: we have influence in participation and have been granted concessions.
My goal is to never vote for the Dems or Republicans after 2016 so thanks for telling me I'm no closer but I think I am.
Knowing that I've made that commitment to myself let's me vote for the candidates I actually want, without fear of "causing the worse of the two" to win
So you’re the kind of person staring at a forest but all you can make out is a tree. I do imagine that kind of willful ignorance helps to comfort you. The reality is the best you will ever influence, while feigning ignorance to how things actually work, is a tree. Maybe one day you will open your eyes and recognize the potential influence for change you could have harnessed if your kind attempted to constructively change things within the constraints we were born into rather than cutting off the face of your allies while being or feigning ignorance in reality.
Nah I'm the kind of person who realizes a constant vote for the "lesser evil" is a slow slip into facism, and I would rather rip off the bandaid instead.
"I want fascism as fast as possible" is a hell of a take, but one that seems frighteningly common amongst .ml users.