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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No. Fuck the Green Party. They’ve disappeared immediately after the election like they always do, and we will not hear about them again for another four years.

  They are not a real party.

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  • Ougie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can someone explain why all this hatred for the green party? I don’t know anything about them but I wouldn’t be surprised if the reason for that is active silencing.

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    • skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They exist merely to help an incumbent conservative president win by siphoning votes away from disgruntled progressives. They come out of the dark at election time, then disappear after the election, like demented cicadas.

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      • Ougie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hahahah ok I understand how that is what practically happens, but where do they stand politically? What I mean is, this time we saw Harris support fracking and guns, having a lackluster response to Israeli aggression - to say the least - buddying up with Liz Cheney etc etc. Do people who are disappointed by this right turn have any reason to turn to the greens? If not, is there anyone else?

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They are a fake party that comes out every four years (after primary season, when they could have become an actual viable candidate in our broken two-party system), to be a spoiler candidate that siphons votes from the Democratic party.

      Every time.

      Then they disappear for four years, and re-appear again at the same time during the next presidential election cycle and do it all again. They are not a serious party. If they were, they would have actual candidates running at state and local levels. They would participate in the primary process and/or campaign to switch away from First Past the Post system.

      But they do none of that.

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      • nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        they don’t disappear. the media doesn’t cover them.

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  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We haven’t “disappeared”. The media only covers us when we’re running presidential candidates.

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    • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What positions have the green party been elected to? I don’t mean nationally I mean state side.

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      • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Here you go. Last year, 50 Greens were elected in 27 states. You can click on the year for a more detailed breakdown.

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh cool, then I’m sure you guys will start campaigning right away with some new, serious, progressive faces to go against democrats in primary elections?

      No? You’ll be gone until 2028?

      Prove me wrong.

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      • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do you mean midterms? Primaries are done within parties.

        Again, we are running candidates, but you likely haven’t heard about them because, like I said, we only get coverage during presidential elections.

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      • Saurok@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        gp.org/help_elect_a_green_to_the_milwaukee_common… Here’s an example of them trying to get someone elected to local office.

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• LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  PSL is the only actual revolutionary party in America that I know of right now. The green party is a joke.

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• Gammelfisch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Go piss in the wind! The US Green Party is not the same as the European versions, with exception to the turd and loser, Joschka Fischer.

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