• @vithigar@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    But if they consistently win it still alter the political landscape such that someone else will have a better chance of enacting actual change in the future.

    The two party system is garbage, but if one of the two current parties lost its ability to win entirely then a different second option could appear.

    • @FreakinSteve@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Right now is the perfect time for the progressive caucus -led by AOC, and hiring Katie Porter as consultant- to form a third party WHILE THEY ARE SEATED.

      And there are very simpke winning platform planks that can pull EVERYBODY in:

      • lobbyist bribery as an imprisonable offense
      • universal health care
      • cap on tuitions for medical degrees
      • abolition of private prisons and ban on privatization of government responsibilities

      Of course the psychotic Nazi cucks will not accept that last one because they dont understand that profit margins drive costs up and efficiencies down, but still…