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They're been quiet for seventy days now. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But most third parties aren't oriented to winning or holding office. Honestly if you look at the rhetoric of lots of them they seem to be more oriented towards keeping Democrats out. I don't vote for democrats. I vote against Republicans. But every time I go vote in local elections. There are many many offices I leave blank. Because Republicans are running unopposed. I've said many times I would love to see third parties running for these offices that Democrats aren't concerned about. But they don't seem to be concerned about those in all but one or two states. And even those are kind of iffy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ve said many times I would love to see third parties running for these offices that Democrats aren’t concerned about. But they don’t seem to be concerned about those in all but one or two states. And even those are kind of iffy.

Part of why that happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKgNrshVdMw

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I am of the opinion that Adam generally makes everything better. And his talk about reigniting community. As an anarchist that resonates intensely. But that video has nothing to do with why no third party groups bother to campaign at all in red states where Republicans are running unopposed. There are no green party candidates for local offices. There are no Democratic or Social Democratic candidates for local offices if we have a Libertarian it's a right-wing libertarian and there will often worse than the Republican but that's the closest we ever get to third party out here I think Adam is 100% on the right track for what Democrats need to do. But what third parties need to do is actually run for local and State office. As well as the stuff that Adam spoke of.