“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” Sanders said.
“First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.”
“Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?” Sanders asked.
“Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing? Do they have any ideas as to how we can take on the increasingly powerful Oligarchy which has so much economic and political power? Probably not.”
I don’t like this argument. Ideally Republicans and Democrats should be giving olive branches to the larger third parties, whom you voted for in the primary. I’d much rather see a third party base putting pressure on topics, that’s the whole point of having third parties. It’s like a political game of chess and you shouldn’t have to default to a 2 partily echo chamber.
Same could be said of boycotting the election all together. It’s a power play in order to motivate the parties to change.
The point of the two parties should be earning your vote by representing you. Skipping the primary for Biden’s replacement was the downfall of this election because it weakened the support of the candidate before she even started.
On the flip side, I do agree that Jill Stein is a grifter
If they were serious parties, they wouldn’t disappear for 4 years, only to come out of their hole for one presidential election, before disappearing again. That’s not how you create a successful or even viable party.