Well unfortunately, they are self serving opportunists. AOC’s doing a bad job here but the Green Party in America is less than useless right now. They make no effort to build power and only pop up during the general election. They don’t do anything. Their strategy is bad. They want that 5% of the vote so they can be on national ballots, but do virtually nothing on a local or state level. it’s a top down approach that will never work.
If you’re not gonna vote for Harris, you may as well just not vote for president and just focus on down ballot stuff. There’s truly no good to be done by throwing a vote to Jill Stein.
Yeah I don't know why you're being downvoted. Jill Stein doesn't give a damn about Americans or Palestinians (though I think her presence at protests is very important). She only shows up every 4 years to run for president while knowing that her election bid is taking away votes from a Democrat president (which is particularly impactful since Trump came into play). Since 2012, she quite literally hasn't run for anything but president. If she cared about making an impact, she would've been running for local or state positions. She also never speaks about other Congressional happenings - didn't say anything about the progressive members of Congress who were running for reelection - and has taken money from Lockheed Martin (2016) and invested in companies that invest in Big Oil. But oh wait, she advertises herself as the "greater good"?
Jill Stein is just as corrupt as other politicians and lies through her teeth about it. AOC rightfully called her out. Vote for Jill Stein if that must be your prerogative, but don't put her on a pedestal she didn't do anything to deserve.
Yeah to me it’s like “I hate this bad thing so therefore I’m going to now get really into this useless unrelated thing.” People, understand how power works in America. Tossing your vote to someone who will not win or isn’t how to change anything. It’s not even the act of voting for someone other than Harris that’s frustrating, like whatever. It’s the people online who are acting like Jill Stein has any remote chance of accomplishing anything. Protest vote, sure. But to actually buy into this to me is extremely unserious. Research your candidates before holding them up on pedestals.
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u/Taarguss Reconstructionist Sep 05 '24
Well unfortunately, they are self serving opportunists. AOC’s doing a bad job here but the Green Party in America is less than useless right now. They make no effort to build power and only pop up during the general election. They don’t do anything. Their strategy is bad. They want that 5% of the vote so they can be on national ballots, but do virtually nothing on a local or state level. it’s a top down approach that will never work.
If you’re not gonna vote for Harris, you may as well just not vote for president and just focus on down ballot stuff. There’s truly no good to be done by throwing a vote to Jill Stein.