• piefood@feddit.online
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      1 day ago

      It seems to me that they do know how voting works in America: If you keep voting for pro-genocide candidates, you keep getting genocide. Maybe one of the two major parties should try running an anti-genocide candidate.

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      seems like you don’t. i vote for the candidate that fits who I wish to win. marketing and propaganda have you thinking a 3rd party is a thrown away vote. Want to fix that? vote for someone who doesn’t support genocide.

    • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Yes! Third party votes pressure D and R to change their platform and get those votes.

      Even if you don’t think so, it still happens. For example, Socialists have been fighting for a minimum wage since 1910 (and still fight for higher wages today). They are the only reason for Democrats adopting a pro-labor position in the 30s. I could go on, but it’s all brand new to you, you’d lose your mind. Baby steps.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        22 hours ago

        Yes! Third party votes pressure D and R to change their platform and get those votes.

        Curious as to when in the electoral history of the US you think this has happened.