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In reply to the discussion: Chris Hedges: "In this year’s presidential election I will vote for a third-party candidate" [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)How has that worked out for us? Pretty good if you like wars and the police state.
Chris Hedges taught himself three additional languages and knows more about the world then just about anybody. As a reporter he has experienced war first hand. Chris Hedges puts his money where his mouth is. He personally fights for the causes he believes in, including OWS. He was also one of the bravest anti-war voices before the Iraq war. It cost him his job at the NY Times.
It's not Chris Hedges fault that there is currently no solution at the ballet box for our deteriorating nation. Third parties are self defeating. The winners in our elections don't need over 50% of the votes. This makes it impossible for a third party to do much else than harm the party that is supposed to be most like itself. Third parties don't have any path that allows them to get any representation in Washington DC. It's a flaw in our system of government. The main political parties then can ignore the concerns of people like Chris Hedges who support the interests of the majority of Americans; so we end up with a radical centrist party which really doesn't act much differently than the Republican Party.
The crazier the Democratic Party gets, the even more crazy the Republican Party gets. The Republicans must differentiate themselves from the Democrats.
Chris Hedges refuses to surrender. He doesn't feel he is required to support the radical policies of our current political parties. As Democrats, the best we can do is fight the radicalization of the Democratic Party. Anything else is surrender.