• explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Serious question for any leftists here who are voting third party - which candidate do you recommend?

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      7 months ago

      Voting third party sends the wrong message if you’re not voting Biden because of the genocide. Writing in Uncommitted is the most direct way to send that message.

      A third party isn’t going to win anyway, so it just muddys the water to vote for a hack like Cornell West or Kennedy.

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        7 months ago

        There isn’t a single non-genocidal candidate. Either they support Israel committing genocide or don’t support Ukraine defending itself from genocide.

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        7 months ago

        I disagree. When people could agree on one third party and that party gets 20% of the popular vote, then it is a direct threat to Democrats power basis. Because then for the next election they could replace the Dems. It is crucial to vote a third party, as it forces the Dems to start caring for the people instead of just their Superpac donors.

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      7 months ago

      Cornell West and Jill Stein are proponents of helping the Palestinians, so I imagine one of them.

      All the other, mainstream, candidates are vocally pro-Israel. Trump and RFK are more pro-Israel than Biden.

      My ultimate hope is that Biden grows a spine on this topic, and draws some rules of engagement for Israel if they wish to receive further aid; however, they seem to have the US govt by the balls somehow.