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  • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Can we just have one high profile third party candidate that isn't a crank?

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      I don't think Ralph Nader was a crank. Kind of a dull boring technocrat and a liberal, but he's otherwise normal.

      • Poogona [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        At the very least Nader is responsible for two inarguably good things, even if they are just weak attempts to convince capital to be normal for once: nutrition labels on food and car engines being in the front

          • Poogona [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Oh right he was the shoulder seatbelts guy too

            Like it's good that they exist but it's a bandaid for the car situation, pretty much sums up his accomplishments

      • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        My parents voted for him lol. I've finally convinced them they did nothing wrong. Blowback Podcast helped.

        • GriffithDidNothingWrong [comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          In my younger and more liberal days I knocked on doors for that guy. Not the most regrettable thing I've ever done. My friends all voted for Obama

    • uralsolo
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      1 year ago

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      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        I have no proof and don't know where they say this, but a comrade on Hexbear said Gloria la Riva once took offense to being called a cis woman during an interview. That would make me question why she's in a leadership role in the first place

        • star_wraith [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          La Riva isn’t the candidate this time, at least. But yeah, I remember hearing some sus things about here from a comrade here, too.