Because of the FPTP voting system 3rd party only divides the left and hands MAGA the win. So we are stuck with the need to take over, gut and cannibalize the democratic party and make it an apparatus of the left. And we can that. The centrists are weak and the anger is strong
@benroyce @em_and_future_cats Oh, absolutely, I'm definitely not suggesting voting for third party candidates, at least not at a federal level. There is *some* benefit, sometimes, to voting for a third party at a state level, and there's usually benefit to third party votes at a county and city level. As long as the system is plurality, Democrats will continue to get my endorsement, but I'll be damned if I let them off the hook for being centrists.
@em_and_future_cats @StarkRG @benroyce And get involved in local politics. Those people on you county planning commission may be angling for congress some day.
Besides, if you've watched more than one procedural drama, why not sit in on a few town hall meetings? It's basically free theater and you might learn or shape something.