Yes, when the two parties fought tooth and nail to prevent any third voice from rising up, the people from the disassociated group decided to usurp one of the main parties, rather than try to make their own.
Literally the Republican party did this to themselves because they just couldn’t bear the thought that Trump might carve out a third party and challenge the status quo.
But the Republican party isn’t the only one this is happening too. We already see socialist entering the Democratic party. The reality should be that we have enough room to have both Democratic and Socialist party in the US. Just like we should have enough room for a Republican and Populist party.
But no, the Democrats and Republicans decided to hold onto the duopoly to the bitter end. Good riddance to both of them. It’s clear that the thing that’s eaten away the classic Republican has made the political group worse. Perhaps that which supplants the Democrats will be better than what we’ve dealt with.
Ranked choice voting is the only (viable non-violent) way out of the two party system, Democrats do actually implement it given the political willpower, have done so in several places now.
There are others but they are less probable. Like having citizens’ voting blocs or whatever. Get a bunch of your neighbors to agree to all support the same issues and candidates (in a nonbinding agreement, at least in statesia. Can’t commit a (nonviolent) crime in a voting booth) and conspiracy to vote, well fuck. Like that’s the charge there. I mean you generally want to avoid encounters with the legal/criminal punishment system, but conspiracy to vote sounds like one of the best things to get arrested for.
I need a good lyricist to help bounce ideas offa (I’m not using my old piano dude, they’re busy) because conspiracy to vote sounds like the title of the best spoken word album of the 1960s. Featuring Nina
Yes, when the two parties fought tooth and nail to prevent any third voice from rising up, the people from the disassociated group decided to usurp one of the main parties, rather than try to make their own.
Literally the Republican party did this to themselves because they just couldn’t bear the thought that Trump might carve out a third party and challenge the status quo.
But the Republican party isn’t the only one this is happening too. We already see socialist entering the Democratic party. The reality should be that we have enough room to have both Democratic and Socialist party in the US. Just like we should have enough room for a Republican and Populist party.
But no, the Democrats and Republicans decided to hold onto the duopoly to the bitter end. Good riddance to both of them. It’s clear that the thing that’s eaten away the classic Republican has made the political group worse. Perhaps that which supplants the Democrats will be better than what we’ve dealt with.
The “party of Lincoln” died when the openly racist Dixiecrats became Republicans to fight against civil rights.
Ranked choice voting is the only (viable non-violent) way out of the two party system, Democrats do actually implement it given the political willpower, have done so in several places now.
There are others but they are less probable. Like having citizens’ voting blocs or whatever. Get a bunch of your neighbors to agree to all support the same issues and candidates (in a nonbinding agreement, at least in statesia. Can’t commit a (nonviolent) crime in a voting booth) and conspiracy to vote, well fuck. Like that’s the charge there. I mean you generally want to avoid encounters with the legal/criminal punishment system, but conspiracy to vote sounds like one of the best things to get arrested for.
I need a good lyricist to help bounce ideas offa (I’m not using my old piano dude, they’re busy) because conspiracy to vote sounds like the title of the best spoken word album of the 1960s. Featuring Nina