• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    I think its time to deconstruct it tbh. Name’s tainted and “neither” has been the most popular candidate for the past 3 election cycles now. People are itching for a new party to support that doesn’t make them feel like their vote is worthless

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      This would imply years of (effectively) being out of power. Even if by some miracle you would win the presidential election, you would have no local infrastructure to build on. It would give the GOP effective power in many states for an another decade.

      On the other hand, look at how easy it was for Trump to completely hijack the GOP. That’s the model you should aim for.

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        On the other hand, look at how easy it was for Trump to completely hijack the GOP. That’s the model you should aim for.

        That’s what I’ve been saying for a while now.

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      9 hours ago

      Seriously why are we continuing with the same party that supported slavery and has been on doing the bare minimum to help people for the last 50 years.

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        8 hours ago

        It’s pretty stupid to base your support of a party on what it used to be, not what it is now.

        Using your logic, you support the GOP because they elected Lincoln and ended slavery, right? It’s not like there’s been 160 years of history that might have changed it since, including things like the Southern Strategy and the “Moral Majority”, right?

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          I know people who say they support the Republicans because of that un-sarcastically. Soo logic isn’t the strong suit of a majority of voters I think.

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        8 hours ago

        Slavery, segregation, the Dixiecrats, the Democratic Party wasn’t even the “good” one for most of the time it’s been around (and arguably wasn’t even even definitely “the” good one until like 40 years ago.