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🇪🇷Götterdämmerung

Ralph Nader's claim "#Capitalism will always survive, because #socialism will be there to save it" is the perfect punchline to the greatest economic joke: capitalism in its purest, most Darwinian form should've self-destructed a thousand times over. Yet every time it teeters on the brink, who comes to the rescue? The very socialist principles its champions claim to despise.

Banks collapse under the weight of their own greed? Socialize the losses with a taxpayer bailout.

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> Musk, whose next target is the federal auto safety agency that has been enforcing the safety laws against Tesla and has not surrendered its regulation of self-driving cars (Musk’s next big project). Musk refuses to disclose his sweetheart contracts with the federal agencies nor has he disclosed his tax returns. Demand them.
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The Democrats have written off competing in half the country and have ceased to be a true national party. Let's Start the Revolution is not just a critique but a call to action. Nader advocates for a genuine relationship between the Democratic Party and the everyday lives of the people it seeks to represent. Based on his deep understanding of the necessities, anxieties, and dreams of millions of families, #Nader charts a path forward...

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Michael Rawdon

Prompted by a couple of things I’ve seen today:

There are a number of #leftists (no idea how many) who AFAICT are uninterested in electing people who are not *their kind* of leftist. I think of them as “Nader in 2000” leftists.*

Leftists & #liberals interested in winning elections and in governance should ignore those ones, I think. They’re hurting more than they’re helping.

I’ve noticed that one “tell” for such leftists is that they use the term “liberal” and “lib” for other lefties derisively.

* There’s some overlap between #Nader voters and #BernieSanders voters, but I think #Bernie had broader appeal, actual political acumen, and used his position to try to strengthen the left.

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Wokebloke for Democracy

"The Democrats would respond not by moving in the direction of working for the people. They responded by scapegoating their losses onto the Green Party.
They’re great scapegoaters—they never look at themselves in the mirror.
I love that phrase. “This is not the time.” If you go lesser-of-two-evils every four years, you’re gonna go lower. A liberal Republican from the 1970s now would be considered a progressive Democrat. That’s how far the Republicans have gone."
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Mother JonesRalph Nader would like to stop having to explain why the spoiler coverage is stupidA conversation on third-party politics with the former presidential candidate.
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Maz

#nader claims that in his estimation, more than 200,000 #palestinians have already been killed. #israel it seems, plans to cleanse the whole area of Palestinians for good, and they know they need to demonstrate *unprecedented* levels of murderous cruelty to achieve this..
We're watching a #genocide unfold, with a majority of Western governments supporting Israel's actions. Utterly disgraceful.

nader.org/2024/03/05/stop-the-

Ralph NaderStop the Worsening UNDERCOUNT of Palestinian Casualties in Gaza - Ralph NaderBy Ralph Nader March 5, 2024 Since the Hamas raid penetrated the multi-tiered Israeli border security on October 7, 2023 (an unexplained collapse of Israel’s defensive capabilities), 2.3 million utterly defenseless Palestinians in the tiny crowded Gaza enclave have been on the receiving end of over 65,000 bombs/missiles plus non-stop…
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@TonyStark @philip_cardella @CivilityFan @axeshun
You're acting like this is a chronic problem.

You have to remember the political climate in 2000. Bush was seen as incompetent. Gore was handicapped by Clinton's impeachment & sexual misbehavior (remember when those things actually mattered to the #GOP?)

#Nader saw an opening as support for the other two parties was below 50%.

This was also just 8 years after #Perot made it seem like a 3rd Party candidate could actually win.

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MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘

@philip_cardella @TonyStark @CivilityFan @axeshun
Actually, that isn't true (technically *maybe*, assuming #Nader voters showed up to vote for #Gore.)

Let's focus on the TRUE cause: The brother of the #GOP nominee was the governor of Florida. The two of them exchanged "convict lists" to kick anyone with a "similar" name convicted of a crime off the voter roles (despite no evidence Texas convicts had voted in Florida.

Some 60,000 black & Hispanic voters were kicked off the voter roles.

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Ricardo Harvin

I've never liked #Biden (but voted for him), and since 1980 have hated the cowardice and complicity of the #Democratic party to the point where I didn't vote in 1988-1992.

I voted independent in 1980 and 2000 (#Anderson, #Nader) in a futile effort to signal my disgust, both times ending in the worst possible result.

The #Democrats are the emergency, worst case option, like the levees around #NewOrleans.

Unfortunately, until we collectively build better solutions, we drown without them

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