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[-] mlg@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

If I had a nickel for every time people on lemmy discredited voting 3rd party or progressive candidates under the excuse of "muh RCV" or "vote blue no matter who", I'd have enough money to bribe the DNC into splitting into multiple parties.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

If you actually want to make things better then you have to use methods that have a chance of actually working. We have overwhelming historical evidence showing that voting third-party doesn't.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

It can work, but the most important part in making it work is building the movement so that everyone votes for the third party in the same election. There's no point in just voting third party and complaining that no one else is doing it.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That would take a monumental amount of effort. Much more than it would take to un-fuck one of the existing parties.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago
[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Except for Perot, Nader, Stein, etc, etc, etc. You're right! If you ignore all the times it's been tried, then it's never been tried!

[-] mlg@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

No, Pakistan does not have RCV. Hell they don't even have a qualified election system with the amount of falsified ballots, yet the third party still defeated that system.

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