Patrick McLaughlinYes, yes, the Dems are inadequate.
But they’re not aggressively and maliciously monstrous.
And no, a third party has no chance of winning at this time and place.
And *monstrous* is the price of trying.
This isn’t complex, FFS.
Espinada@McPatrick @StillIRise1963 the only way a third party candidate would win is if he/she were to be overwhelmingly liked by the great majority of the people in the country. (It’ll also be someone you have to be very cautious about.)
@zuzuruz
Two plausible paths:
1. Dems fracture. GOP wins all the marbles, we get full Florida-grade Fascism for 1-3 generations, at least.
2. GOP fractures. The saner bit flirts with the corporatist/moderate Dems, and an actual left-of center party spins off of this firmly right-of-centered Democratic Party.
The latter path requires waiting, and denying the Fascists success. And entrenching what good can be before the centrists sell out.