Washington Resistance Army wrote:Astrolinium wrote:
Honestly. It's terrible, because I nominally agree with the Green Party's positions more than I agree with many of the Democratic Party's, but only one of those is a functioning political organization that actually wins elections. You guys can at least genuinely claim to be building an actual framework from the grassroots, and I really hope you succeed because our country deserves a more sane option on the right.
Which, I think, is where I really resent the Greens. We not only deserve a decent third party on the left, we need one to more effectively hold the American political left accountable, and the Greens aren't doing it. I like what I've been seeing on that front out of the Democratic Socialists of America, though. They don't have "no bipartisanship" as a major plank on the welcome page of their damn website.
While I absolutely would agree we need more options (especially this last election...) it does feel kinda pointless at times because of FPTP and shit like that. Like, there's some times I'll get really excited for a Libertarian candidate and do my part to help their campaign but then I remember how much the system crushes anyone who isn't a Dem or Republican and it saps a bit of that enthusiasm.
Really we just need to overhaul our elections, if only by getting rid of FPTP and going to something that's less fucking stupid.
Gotta call a convention through states if we want to change how Congress works, they're far easier to manipulate via election to get what you want, since both parties pay smaller attention to state legislatures.
28th Amendment should be an election overhaul. Maybe in my dream post-Trump second Progressive Era dream.
