• makyo@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    She could start by dropping out of the race, endorsing Kamala, and then putting every dollar she has into organizing for national ranked choice voting so that hopefully once in my life I can vote my conscience at the same time I vote pragmatically.

    I sincerely doubt there is much room between where Stein is at on the issues and where AOC is at on the issues - the main difference is that AOC is not running for president and making it easier for despicable people who don’t care about anything to win.

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      14 days ago

      That basic strategy is why you rarely see people shitting on Bernie. He manages to pull the conversation to the left while not fucking everything up by being a spoiler.

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        14 days ago

        Yup. He wants to be the most left option in a two party system, so when he runs to be that, he competes in Democratic primaries (both nationally and locally) to clear the lane so he’s not setting up a scenario where the conservative wins because the left is divided.

        Of course who knows what the centrist Democrats would have done if he’d won a presidential nomination, but at least Bernie did everything right.

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      14 days ago

      It’s the Dems that should do that, they have more to lose and more power and money to get it done, no?

      • makyo@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        If you mean ranked choice, there are a lot of dems working on it