Yes, please steal 5-6% of the R vote.
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2025
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It'll rope in a lot of dem centrists too.
Just call them Republicans.
Thing is, he's absolutely right. It's way beyond past time to create a powerful political third party in the US that genuinely represents the interest of the people.
Elon Musk, however, should not be allowed anywhere within brick throwing distance of it.
Nor should most anyone else who is actually capable of funding it. Herein lies our actual problem.
The real problem is with the way elections work. Any third party started in this system that's successful will wind up being absorbed by or absorbing one of the other two.
That's not actually a problem, though. It's better when both parties support your issue; then there is no viable opposition to that issue.
Split the Republican party!
This is awesome. Will hopefully wedge drive the Right with the biggest spoiler of all time making Jill Stein, Jojo, or Nader look like slivers by comparison.
Anyone remember Ross Perot? He created the Tea Party, which eventually took over the Republican party.
Let's hope this causes more Perot-esque vote spoilers on the right wing.
Fuck no. While I very much want more parties, a party created by and for oligarchs would suck the donkiest of elephant balls.
Yeah, you do that buddy, spend lots of money, too. Every single vote he draws will come from HitlerPig, not the Dems.
Excellent idea. You do that, Elon.
"What if we made a party that represented everyone?"
Holy shit, I don't think anyone's thought of that. Jamie, check the web to see if people ever tried creating a party for the rest of us.
Chat, type 1 if you think having a party that represents 80% of America is a good idea.
That's the joke. Every party says they represent most people, but end up in the pocket of the wealthy and corporate interests of it gets big enough
Reminds me of Ye and his public stunts.
Do it you coward.
'I'll make my own party with blackjack and hookers'
The vote of 80% of the people that are lefton Shitter doesn't say much. And how many responded?
Call it American Party X and we have a deal.
Are we gonna have a reverse Obama, were they claim Trump was actually born on Mississippi and that the SA birth certificate is fake?
“I’ll make my owl political party! With blackjack and hookers!”
The Silly Party?
Their candidate for POTUS can be Tarquin Fintimlin-whimbinlim-Bus Stop-F'tang F'tang-Olé-Biscuit Barrel.
What a loser. But please, by all means. Fracture Trump's base.
At the same time, let AOC and Sanders make a fourth party, also splintering the Democratic Party.
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"the 80% of people in the middle" that do Nazi salutes and say Germany should forget the national shame of the Holocaust, while flying to Germany to campaign for and praise the modern day Nazi party...
How very centrist 😅
Tbh I'm a little surprised he didn't say it was 88%
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So then the US will have three right wing parties. Choose your flavor:
- Corporate Neoliberal Party
- American Nazi Party
- White Apartheid Apologists
I love how this was the thrust of the Russian meddling campaign, using #bothsides to build voter apathy.
I'm not saying you're a Russian meddler, but I know the source of that duck quacking noise I was hearing.
Andrew Yang rn
I'm all for it because it will split Trump's vote, but there's really no point as there won't be free elections for anything more serious than dog catcher in the US until the fash have been forcibly evicted.
The democratic options expired Jan 20th 2025. Resist.
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