r/PoursTea • • 15h ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Bernie tried

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u/madphroggy 15h ago

Honestly if there were a viable 3rd party contender that wasn't composed of extremists and corporate shills I suspect it would be extremely popular. Everyone is sick of corporate Dems promising change and never delivering because their corporate masters keep them on a leash

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u/Darthjinju1901 14h ago

It would more popular than like other third parties in the US but definitely not popular enough to threaten the ruling two party establishment of the US.

The median voter doesn't particularly care. All they care about is whether it affects them personally. Which is why the economy is always such a major issue in the US.

Even if the third party seemed to be popular and gaining it, it would lead to the Republicans and Democrats coming together in some weird unholy alliance to crush anti corporate resistance.

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u/madphroggy 14h ago

Oh I'm well aware of how difficult it would be to actually establish a viable competitor party. I'm just saying that I believe a lot of folks in my generation and the younger generations would support it since the dems can't seem to get much done and the republicans want to drag us back to the stone age

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u/PersonaMetamorph 8h ago

I think the rest of us need a Festivus Party

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u/HashRunner 7h ago

Fix FPTP before lamenting about 3rd parties.

And if you don't know what that is and why it's relevant, then start there.