NauticalNoodle

Do you save a copy of this response in a word file somewhere? I could swear just a few days ago I saw this same rebuttal to the same played out argument on a different post. I'll have to start doing the same.

If you are suggesting not voting then that has no impact and neither does 3rd party.

That's based on YOUR perspective. If your goal is simply to win every election then you are correct, but if your intent is to show that you will still vote, but not for the candidates or platform that the mainstream establishment is proposing to you than voting third-party is far better than not voting. Additionally, if people actually acted less defeatist before caving to the establishment and instead voted for a third party, then there would be a far better chance of the third party getting traction as the Democrat party Absorbs the Republican party.

Also, depending on what you want, voting for a third-party candidate may just better represent you. That''s more than enough to vote third party. The absolute bare minimum political action you can choose to express your political values is to vote. Actions tend to speak louder than words, anyways. When people fail to do that, then It's clear that they don't even know what they want.

"How much do you want to bet that she gets blamed for Harris losing Michigan on Tuesday? Hell, they’ll probably blame the whole election loss on her if Trump wins."

The Greens, too. The one thing they wont do is look within on their own strategy for accountability.

Partly, if you happen to be someone who keeps voting to perpetuate this same system, then yes.

is Rust ready for this?

I'm sure that they have just as I'm sure that they aren't.

I've got three and I've been trying to grow each from seed:

1. Dawn Redwood because it has an incredible backstory, it is a true redwood contrary to popular belief, and It easily grows where I'm at.
2. Giant Sequoia because they are massive, it is also a true redwood, and it can allegedly grow where I'm at.
3. Cedar of Lebanon because I grew up in one of the many U.S. towns of Lebanon named for the trees as referenced in that religious book and I remember the original Cedar of Lebanon referenced in that story I linked.

Unfortunately, I can't get the Giant Sequoias past a few inches tall while even acknowledging their infamous 20% germination rate. The Cedar of Lebanon seeds I can't even get to germinate but I also haven't found as much academic literature on cultivating them from seeds.

Shoutout to the Ginkgo Biloba for being one of the OG trees, also.

That makes sense. I've long been frustrated by the realization that most American adults have reduced our politics down to a game like some sporting event. To so many it's just my team versus your team above all else with no real rational thought being applied to the candidates or policies being proposed. Sure, a lot of people will give you why their team is the side of good and the other team is the side of evil, but given the greater context, it's always seemed like a post-hoc rationalization. -When politics function that way, it's no surprise that children might poll along the same lines because voters are acting like and using the logic of children.

hey, that's the same time I stopped sharing new content, though it took 4 more years before I officially deleted my FB account. By that point i was checking it only once every three months.

That is what "genocide" means.

In some states the major parties got certain candidates banned. Here in indiana the Green party is banned even as a write-in (try to make that make sense) but Cornel West as an independent is accepted and so is PSL candidate Claudia De la Cruz. In Georgia Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz are banned while the Green Party's Jill Stein is allowed. It's worth checking out each candidates website to see which states they have "ballot access"...

[addendum] I feel like i'm committing an injustice if I don't mention the Libertarian party which also has ballot access in every state, though I adamantly disagree with them.