The trouble with that, is who else are you going to vote for? The U.S. election system is rigged in favor of the two party system so the citizens are damned if they do and damned if they don't. The end is nigh for the empire of the United States.
The trouble with that, is who else are you going to vote for? The U.S. election system is rigged in favor of the two party system so the citizens are damned if they do and damned if they don't. The end is nigh for the empire of the United States.
That's the pickle a lot of us are in. Do we hold our noses and vote for Biden? I have rarely voted FOR a politician. I vote against them. But we have two very shitty choices this time.
A metaphor. I agree, they can run but the deck seems to be always stacked against them for power reasons. Now, if someone had enough millions to outspend the other two parties, they might stand a better chance but when have we ever seen that. Maybe we ought to change that given what the two parties are giving us for candidates?
Terrance: look at all other countries. It always seems to be a matter between the conservative and liberal way of thinking and values. The role of money is really the huge problem in terms of how campaigns operate. In the US it is such a long period that there is no way one can run it with no funds. I wish they would go to what the UK does by limiting it to six weeks.
When it comes to having another party to put forth a candidate, someone commented on a thread or in an article I read, that it takes a foundation being built. People have to start by electing people from that party to county commissioner, state representatives & senators, then to Federal offices. A third party is never going to win by just floating a candidate for the top spot, president, every 4 yrs. So, whether it’s the Green Party or another that you like better, you & those who join you have to learn to play the long game to achieve the prize; just like the anti abortion, anti Affirmative Action conservatives did over the last 40 years to get all the current district, appellate, & Supreme Court justices in place to get them the decisions they wanted.
The trouble with that, is who else are you going to vote for? The U.S. election system is rigged in favor of the two party system so the citizens are damned if they do and damned if they don't. The end is nigh for the empire of the United States.
That's the pickle a lot of us are in. Do we hold our noses and vote for Biden? I have rarely voted FOR a politician. I vote against them. But we have two very shitty choices this time.
It is not “rigged” - third party candidates always run but have not been popular.
A metaphor. I agree, they can run but the deck seems to be always stacked against them for power reasons. Now, if someone had enough millions to outspend the other two parties, they might stand a better chance but when have we ever seen that. Maybe we ought to change that given what the two parties are giving us for candidates?
Terrance: look at all other countries. It always seems to be a matter between the conservative and liberal way of thinking and values. The role of money is really the huge problem in terms of how campaigns operate. In the US it is such a long period that there is no way one can run it with no funds. I wish they would go to what the UK does by limiting it to six weeks.
I wish that too my friend. So do a lot of us here.
"The U.S. election system is rigged in favor of the two party system "
If you truly believe that, which I do, any vote in this system is a vote to legitimize it.
If my only choices are these two corrupt party, then for the first time I will refuse to participate to help legitimizing it.
Delusion to think you legitimize it by not voting. You are supporting trump that way.
You are entitled to your opinion.
So are you. But facts speak for themselves. Voting is a civic responsibility which one assumes if one lives in a society.
When it comes to having another party to put forth a candidate, someone commented on a thread or in an article I read, that it takes a foundation being built. People have to start by electing people from that party to county commissioner, state representatives & senators, then to Federal offices. A third party is never going to win by just floating a candidate for the top spot, president, every 4 yrs. So, whether it’s the Green Party or another that you like better, you & those who join you have to learn to play the long game to achieve the prize; just like the anti abortion, anti Affirmative Action conservatives did over the last 40 years to get all the current district, appellate, & Supreme Court justices in place to get them the decisions they wanted.