Third Party Mega Thread

[Free Palestine]

Fun fact: a lot of the CPUSA members are pretty much just Democrats.  The premier revolutionary organization in the U.S. would probably be the PSL.

[Free Palestine]

Fun fact: a lot of the CPUSA members are pretty much just Democrats.  The premier revolutionary organization in the U.S. would probably be the PSL.

At least you could take the CPUSA seriously in its prime (1919-1948) when they actually nominated eligible candidates, unlike the PSL. They are an embarassment.

Their point isn't to get elected.  They're the sort of revolutionaries who reject participation in bourgeois politics.  They seem to mostly just run candidates as a tool to raise awareness.

[Free Palestine]

Fun fact: a lot of the CPUSA members are pretty much just Democrats.  The premier revolutionary organization in the U.S. would probably be the PSL.

At least you could take the CPUSA seriously in its prime (1919-1948) when they actually nominated eligible candidates, unlike the PSL. They are an embarassment.

Their point isn't to get elected.  They're the sort of revolutionaries who reject participation in bourgeois politics.  They seem to mostly just run candidates as a tool to raise awareness.

They get 3 new people interested per election

Yeah, personally I don't see how what they're doing is supposed to work -- a fluff campaign for president that doesn't even have eligible candidates.

But I do think the PSL is neat.  The CPUSA has a cool site, but as I've already said they're not all that revolutionary anymore.

[Free Palestine]

Who cares about third parties? It's not like they have any chance whatsoever of impacting the race. $$$$$ and lots of it is on the wrong side of them mattering on any level.

I don't exactly believe in liberal democracy, but I believe I speak for some when I say that some people have a different philosophy of who deserves their vote.

[Free Palestine]

Who cares about third parties? It's not like they have any chance whatsoever of impacting the race. $$$$$ and lots of it is on the wrong side of them mattering on any level.

I don't exactly believe in liberal democracy, but I believe I speak for some when I say that some people have a different philosophy of who deserves their vote.

No, I totally get that. But at the same time, screw it. Third parties are realistically completely pointless and major parties are for soulless twats, so to each his own I guess. I don't blame anyone for voting third party, but I do question their motivation.

Well, minor parties do oftentimes get their members elected to local office.  So they're not entirely useless.