I have to agree with most of what you say, but the Green party has never gotten off the ground. I voted for Nader, which accomplished nothing; we got Bush and everything that has come after. Even if, by shear chance, Jill Stein rose up from near-anonymity to win the presidency in the two months left in this campaign, she would still face…
I have to agree with most of what you say, but the Green party has never gotten off the ground. I voted for Nader, which accomplished nothing; we got Bush and everything that has come after. Even if, by shear chance, Jill Stein rose up from near-anonymity to win the presidency in the two months left in this campaign, she would still face a legislature with no allies and a rigidly pro-empire Supreme Court (the actual thief of civil liberties). So a principled vote is wasted, not voting is irresponsible, and a vote for either major party is endorsing an unacceptable status quo. What to do?
I fix the blame on the overwhelming influence of money in politics; this has to be fought before anything else can get done. Of those in a position to do anything about it, almost all of them are Democrats or caucus with them (Sanders). It's not much, but it's all we've got; the best we can do is to try and swell their ranks. Harris/Walz do undoubtedly support labor, like Joe Biden has, so they look better for our ideals than the only alternative.
I have to agree with most of what you say, but the Green party has never gotten off the ground. I voted for Nader, which accomplished nothing; we got Bush and everything that has come after. Even if, by shear chance, Jill Stein rose up from near-anonymity to win the presidency in the two months left in this campaign, she would still face a legislature with no allies and a rigidly pro-empire Supreme Court (the actual thief of civil liberties). So a principled vote is wasted, not voting is irresponsible, and a vote for either major party is endorsing an unacceptable status quo. What to do?
I fix the blame on the overwhelming influence of money in politics; this has to be fought before anything else can get done. Of those in a position to do anything about it, almost all of them are Democrats or caucus with them (Sanders). It's not much, but it's all we've got; the best we can do is to try and swell their ranks. Harris/Walz do undoubtedly support labor, like Joe Biden has, so they look better for our ideals than the only alternative.