addendum:
the #USA is a two party system due to shitty #FPTP (unlike FPTP #UK or #Canada with #parliamentary systems that lend third parties stability)
meaning it's just math
if we removed all the corruption by magic, and we'd still have only two parties
the solution is #rankedChoiceVoting, which is creeping in. after #RCV, we can vote 3rd party to our hearts content. i will
but *before* that switch voting third party only splits the left vote and helps #fascism win
the #USA is an #FPTP voting system (the #UK is too, but it is also #parliamentary, which lends stability and viability to 3rd parties the #US does not have)
so we are stuck with 2 parties. a 3rd party vote divides the left and #MAGA wins
we can fix it with #RCV, ranked choice voting, then we can vote 3rd party to our hearts content
until then, we have to focus on taking over the #Democrats, which is what #DSA like #Mamdani is doing
that is the way forward
no disagreement only clarification:
#AOC/ #Mamdani are #DSA that ran as #democrats
the way forward is take over the #democraticParty, not 3rd party (or worse, not voting)
with #FPTP voting in the #USA a 3rd party vote only divides the left vote and #MAGA wins
( #parliamentary #FPTP like the #UK lends 3rd parties stability)
worse: no #vote because "dems suck." while true, that only keeps them sucking
show up in the #primaries and choose the AOC/ Mamdani #candidate
