Why are Greens trying so hard to re-elect Trump?

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@dalej42

And here’s a good example of the DSA internal squabbling, with third parties there’s often this sort of stuff over issues like housing.

Heh, certainly no one’s ever accused the Left of unity.

[CaptMurdock]

I’ve said it (and heard it said) for years: “You don’t build a skyscraper from the top down.”

[Deeg]

@Czarcasm

3. Try to gather up at least a smidgen of integrity and self-respect and quit letting the GOP play you like puppets.

I don’t know if I agree with this one. If we assume that the members of the Green party feel that they are legitimate, wouldn’t they think it a coup to get the conservatives to fund a hard-left agenda?

[Alessan]

@Deeg

I don’t know if I agree with this one. If we assume that the members of the Green party feel that they are legitimate, wouldn’t they think it a coup to get the conservatives to fund a hard-left agenda?

Because if the Republicans thought the Greens posed their agenda any sort of risk, they wouldn’t be supporting them. It’s the ultimate sign of contempt.

[LSLGuy]

@dalej42

And here’s a good example of the DSA internal squabbling, with third parties there’s often this sort of stuff over issues like housing.
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Just like the Greens themselves has a huge intraparty squabble this year about their candidate nomination

It reminds me of the old saw about University academic politics told in many varied formulations such as: “The fight is so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.” See Sayre’s Law for more.