Populism Updates @PopulismUpdates Tell me your most radical position that cannot be placed on the left-right political spectrum

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  • Lad@reddthat.com
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    5 days ago

    This is the future of US politics.

    2024 - vote Democrat or the Republicans will end democracy.

    2028 - vote Democrat or the Republicans will end democracy.

    2032 - vote Democrat or the Republicans will end democracy.

    2036 - vote Democrat or the Republicans will end democracy.

    2040 - vote Democrat or the Republicans will end democracy.

    And so on.

    At some point, people will have to start voting third party because the two major parties will never give up the status quo.

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        4 days ago

        And primaries are the “real” elections to get us there. General elections will continue to be major party A vs. major party B, with a “this is the most important election ever” backdrop, while primaries are where we have to try to get our important issues (like election reform) carried by generally electable candidates to get those issues injected into the parties.

        And the amount of money spent on primaries confirms how influential they are capable of being.

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      4 days ago

      Given that the previous one actually did try to steal an election it actually has merit. I wasn’t worried about republicans before Trump. I just thought they were dicks.