Comment on When the Democrats regain power, their centrist leadership will claim, "We can't do anything because...". Don't be fooled. We need to get the corporate centrists out and real progressives in!

• FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Ok, now how do you get that enacted within our current framework?

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  • Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Some non-banana republics have tried this wacky idea of starting a different party, completely independent of any other party.
    Which is a really good idea if you’re not satisfied with the 2 you stubbornly keep voting for and who have invariably done the same shitty things since the beginning. Some of us wild countries even have more than 3 parties!

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    • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The US also has more than 3 parties, but the current system guarantees that only two can get enough votes. The entire electoral system is built to perpetuate this, including the media ecosystem. So sadly, it’s not as simple as just “have a third party.”

      Personally, I think socialist revolution is the only thing that can bring positive change in this country, largely because it doesn’t try to change things within the system, it seeks to dismantle the system entirely.

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      • Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The US also has more than 3 parties, but the current system guarantees that only two can get enough votes.

        ‘strongly favors’ yes, but not ‘guaranteed’.
        It all comes down to the voters and the self fulfilling prophecy of not voting 3rd party because nobody does.

        And yes, socialist revolution is the far better option but then we’re back to my first comments.
        You certainly can’t expect that from people who can’t even manage the voting 3rd party part.
        They have zero class consciousness and perpetually voting against their own interests.

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