• Josephine_Spiro [she/her, pup/pup's]
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    5 days ago

    If a "leftist" political candidate got 5% of the vote, that could force politicians to make better conditions for the working class, but ultimately I think the ruling class could easily ignore it. I also think that spend the money and labor time on running a leftist candidate would be better spent doing almost anything else with the labor and money

    • ReadMoreBooks@lemmy.zip
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      5 days ago

      If a "leftist" political candidate got 5% of the vote

      No candidate or merit comes without prerequisites of ballot access. The platform would have to get the votes despite a low quality candidate.

      that could force politicians to make better conditions for the working class, but ultimately I think the ruling class could easily ignore it

      A bunch of people just found out that a bunch of others support murder as a means of change. That's probably because we've been denied education. That's not going to magically disappear because the ruling class sticks their head in the sand.

      I also think that spend the money and labor time on running a leftist candidate would be better spent doing almost anything else with the labor and money

      I agree. But, there's a vast majority of people that aren't going to magically give up on their electoral means. Most of them don't even understand how the system works.