2024 is going to be a shitshow for both major parties. Biden is likely going to remain in the dumps, the GOP and Trump are always shooting themselves in the foot one way or another (more recently with deciding to pull out of presidential debates), and Kyrsten Sinema's bi-partisan fever dream are all going to pile together into a quagmire where people would be begging for some kind of voice of reason.

Having a strong Green candidate would be beautiful. Not another lukewarm Jill Stein or Howie Hawkins. Someone with a background. Someone with bitey dogs. Someone who has seen war. Someone like Chris Hedges.

I might make an effortpost on why I think Hedges is a socialist's best bet in 2024, along with my views on why he's better than Cornel West for the role (since West is, bless his heart, still simping for Democrats), and other factors that make him an all-round decent option. I also like his laugh here.

Regardless, do y'all have some cursed 2024 ideas for the lathe?

  • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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    3 years ago

    It "matters" in the sense that it gives the peons the sense that they have a say in governance, but it doesn't actually have any material effect, and the illusion of choice is an illusion precisely because you'll get whoever they give you no matter how much you vote or campaign or volunteer or demonstrate or whatever.

    • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      That's not the complete picture. Voter suppression and low turnout are intentionally created by the party monopoly, it is only as strong as the party monopoly is. Parties aren't established anywhere in the Constitution, the party institutions are an improvised auxiliary wing of governance that are in a far more precarious position than what is typically acknowledged.

      They are aware that downfall is possible. That's why they throw everything they can against counter-hegemonic organizing, even going after toothless old farts like Ron Paul (in his case because he invented an astroturfed right-wing political machine that sought to end imperialist ambitions).

      • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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        3 years ago

        Sure, I agree, I just don't know that you're gonna topple that monopoly with :vote: rather than some kind of revolutionary violence.

          • Vncredleader
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            3 years ago

            Sure sucks that they are the only template and nothing else exists

            :starry-plough:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCldL_qukLQ