“We need a viable other. I support any third-party effort that makes a thoughtful, articulate critique of the fundamental flaws in contemporary capitalism and its effects on people and the planet”nytimes.com/2022/01/16/style…

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The assertion is urgent and correct: it’s not about @UN #BuildingBackBetter, but qualitatively Different: It must b about SUSTAINABILITY not Sostainability @WeDontHaveTime @PeaceEconomy @GlobalActionPW @ASDEPAZSV @noelenen @RobertoValentUN
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A third party vote only guarantees that Republicans win... authoritarianism will follow
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Agreed and they have to support the fundamental civil liberty of bodily autonomy.
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What you described is called corporatism, not capitalism.
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Supporting third party “efforts” means voting for them. But you voted for Joe Biden. So you don’t support third party efforts.
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You are correct: Wakeup Call 😴: America has the perfect system. For the billionaires. Plutocracy will not save you. There will always be enough Democrats that will take a bribe. Americans need to save themselves before we move into autocracy.
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thank you for saying it and thank you for being here. first they laugh...or the saying goes...
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If directly gaining working class power electorally (either by a third party route or by corporate party infiltration) is futile, there may still be great value in a radical electoral run that CLARIFIES the nature of the real political contest--which is class war.
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So why did you say "we don't want to be Jill Steins"? Taking on the two-party system means being ruthlessly attacked. If you're not ready to take that kind of heat, that's your choice, but why pile on the scapegoating of those who are fighting for real democracy?
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