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.
chmps@McPatrick @StillIRise1963 alright. If the rest of the world needs to understand the US political system because of It's impact, let's just say yanks would do well to understand some of the politics elsewhere, which would help them understand that Democrats are hopelessly conservative. And yes, plz vote, but no, Obama was a conservative. Also, the US also had various socialist movements throughout its history who were squashed, so it's not as if "it just so happens" there's no alternative.
Like you ppl don't even social democrats and they're considered married to capital while handing out some crumbs in the EU. I didn't except to have to do this on Mastodon, but do you realize the US overall is off the charts in terms of conservatism, no matter which party?
And also, it *sucks* to be actually left of center in a not-US sense, and having to struggle within the system here, as it is.
Accepting that one has to play inside the Democratic Party here to have any hope of having any impact or influence is maddening and depressing. And it is reality. Absolute reality.
I say that as someone who helped get not one, but *two* parties onto the CA ballot, and watched them become meaningless, or worse.