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[–] negativeyoda 172 points 1 year ago (56 children)

The 2 party system is horseshit, but this is your recurring reminder that the greens are not worth your vote.

Any party serious about affecting change does so at the local level first. The fact that the greens consistently try to get attention with symbolic candidacies at the national level while being fuck all out of touch with school boards and local politics paints them as diva opportunists at best and bad faith progressive spoilers at worst.

This is coming from someone who agrees with most of West's platform at face value

[–] technicalogical 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know who was involved with the Green Party back in the early 2000s? Kyrsten Sinema.

[–] negativeyoda 67 points 1 year ago (20 children)

I mean, you don't even need to go that far back. 2016 green presidential candidate Jill Stein literally rubbed elbows with Putin and Mike Flynn in 2015

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[–] Lemmylefty 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Running for president as a 3rd party is like proposing marriage to random strangers instead of, y’know, dating people. We all know you’re doing it for attention because it’s not going to work.

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[–] charliespider 18 points 1 year ago (54 children)

I'm a green party supporter (not in the US) and couldn't agree more. I support the greens as much as I can to help spread environmental awareness, but if the election looks like it will be close, I vote for the party most likely to defeat the conservatives.

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