Vote.

  • mrbigcheese [he/him]
    2·
    4 years ago

    Are you confused about why I would support the candidate I want to vote for or what lol? I'm not pretending there's some "strategic advantage" or something, idk why you are about the greens tbh. I support and organize with PSL and they've done more than the green party ever has so i'll support their campaign idk how that's controversial. yall libs do whatever who the fuck gets mad over voting lmao

          • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
            1·
            4 years ago

            I think the reasoning is mostly for propaganda purposes even if it won't turn the PSL into a a huge nation-wide party overnight.

              • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
                1·
                4 years ago

                I get what you are saying. I think the effect voting for PSL will have will vary from state to state and region to region. If your state has a decent sized PSL presence I think it would make more sense to vote for the revolutionary party.

                      • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
                        1·
                        4 years ago

                        I disagree.

                        I voted for the Green Party in '16, I was so sure that with all the discontent they would get 5% and they didn't even come close.

                        I think it would be much more important to have the PSL get as many votes as they can in places with a large presence, as they do things outside the realm of electoral politics.

                        • Rev [none/use name]
                          ·
                          4 years ago

                          But couldn't the argument be made that voting for Greens is akin to the John Oliver->Breadtube->Anarchism/Marxism pipeline? Like Green gets the 5% and more exposure, is fucked out of the federal funding and all the fervent Green voting libs can more easily get radicalised into supporting and doing activism for PSL? Just spitballing here, dunno maybe it's dumb...

                          • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
                            ·
                            4 years ago

                            someone else in the thread noted what happens alot of the time when a green party gains traction and I think it's a fair analysis.

                            perhaps your right, who is to say what will radicalize people, but I'd rather a socialist org doing stuff on the ground get as much support as possible.

                            • Rev [none/use name]
                              ·
                              4 years ago

                              I’d rather a socialist org doing stuff on the ground get as much support as possible.

                              Yeah obviously.

      • mrbigcheese [he/him]
        3·
        4 years ago

        well the green party will get a votes regardless of what people post on chapo.chat so i wouldnt waste hours of my life personally having a struggle session over it, flip a coin how about that lmao