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    1. They don’t shift policies, they shift marketing. They will continue to support Israel because they are treating you with Trump and you have to vote for them whatever they do. So change is never going to happen.
    2. Either vote third party or don’t waste your time voting. You are getting nothing better with democrats. Trump is a candidate that was placed there by the democrats so they can have a better chance in the elections. In next elections they will simply move the goal post and get someone even worse for Republican party and whatever you are voting against in these elections will be the democrat position in the next one.
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      Either vote third party or don’t waste your time voting. You are getting nothing better with democrats. Trump is a candidate that was placed there by the democrats so they can have a better chance in the elections. In next elections they will simply move the goal post and get someone even worse for Republican party and whatever you are voting against in these elections will be the democrat position in the next one.

      Ladies and gentlemen, a wedge-driving operative seeking to undermine Democrats and get Trump into office. There is literally zero evidence that “Trump is a candidate that was placed there by Democrats”. There is zero historical evidence voting third party does anything more than get the worse of two evils in office — and Ukrainians and Palestinians would much prefer Biden over Trump any day.

      This is the rhetoric of someone either not either not familiar with the political system, or intentionally trying to undermine the left by opening the door for conservatives.

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        There is zero historical evidence voting third party does anything more than get the worse of two evils in office

        no such evidence is possible: you can’t prove a counterfactual. you can’t know who the worse evil would be. further it’s not clear that so-called “third party” voters actually impact elections at all unless their candidate wins.

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          No, we can. 3rd parties have been around for decades and won nothing and only exacerbated the goals of said parties by undermining the only party that has tangible results.

          You prove my point.

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            3rd parties have been around for decades and won nothing and only exacerbated the goals of said parties by undermining the only party that has tangible results.

            this simply isn’t true and reflects a myopic view of history. so-called third parties have been with us almost since the inception of the us, and have accomplished things inconceivable to modern politicians.

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              It simply is true. Even the longest serving Independent in congressional history caucuses and ran as a Democrat.

              But do tell what any third party from Libertarians to the Green Party have accomplished, relative to Democrats for the working class.

              Have you even heard of Nader or Perot?

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                what any third party from Libertarians to the Green Party have accomplished

                the prohibition party got a constitutional amendment passed. the republican party completely usurped the whigs.

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                    as i said, so-called third parties have been with us much longer and have accomplished things modern politicians could never conceive.

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                Have you even heard of Nader or Perot

                yes, and i also know that their candidacy had nothing to do with who won the two elections they are (erroneously) credited with spoiling.

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                  They’re (accurately) credited with spoiling said elections and it is yet another example of the complete toothless value of 3rd-parties.

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                    any amount of research will show that, in fact, perot’s candidacy decreased clinton’s margin of victory, and gore won that election.

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                Even the longest serving Independent in congressional history caucuses and ran as a Democrat.

                so? that doesn’t prove that so-called third parties are impotent. it shows that one person made some questionable decisions.

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                  “Questionable decisions,” said the individual who had to dig back 100 years to find an example of any tangible progress made by such a 3rd-party…?

                  I think I’ll go with the party that actually has a track-record of progress this half-century.

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        This is the rhetoric of someone either not either not familiar with the political system, or intentionally trying to undermine the left by opening the door for conservatives.

        false dichotomy. they may be familiar with the political system (even more than you or i), and not believe the same things you do. they may be a leftist. you are making up attacks on their person instead of dealing with the substance of their claims.

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            that’s a thought-terminating cliche like saying it’s common sense. if you can’t support your position, that’s no reason to go off attacking other people as malevolent or incompetent.

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          Nobody in the entire country would’ve disagreed with that strategy at the time, for quite literally everyone including Republicans thought Trump would doom the party. Hindsight is 20/20

          That, however isn’t the same as saying Trump is a Democratic plant colluding in disguise lol.