@benroyce
I will consistently vote for "Less Evil"

If people want to whine about "both sides have problems" and ride a couch instead of voting for "Less Evil"... not sure how to help them.

If people are dissatisfied with the parties, take a look at Working Families Party, who have been working to bring more Progressive choices into Democratic primaries since 1998 (longer if you count NY "Liberal Party").

You still should not vote for any #ThirdParty in the general elections, but some third parties are getting it right. Show up and vote for Less Evil, and if you want to do more, join #WFP, join #Indivisible, go march, go run for something. If you're riding the couch you're part of the problem.

@sjmulder : door verschillende browsers te gebruiken heb ik daar minder last van. Vooral Firefox met NoScript (meestal op mijn Android smartphone) geeft mij enorm veel rust. Soms kan ik pagina's met paywall geheel of grotendeels lezen (zie screenshot).

Je hebt wel een leercurve voor NoScript en Firefox heeft ook nadelen (zie bijv. https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/114341143568071368 en de follow-up toot over NoScript).

Vaak werkt het als je de primaire partij toestemming geeft om JavaScript uit te voeren, maar derde partijen niet toestaat (waaronder 3rd parties met namen waar "cookiebot" in vóórkomt).

Firefox Focus ondersteunt geen NoScript, maar is het meest privacy-vriendelijk doordat alle geschiedenis gewist wordt bij het sluiten van de browser. Sowieso belangrijk, maar in deze browser helemaal (omdat HSTS niet werkt): zet "https only" aan. Dat betekent dat je *gewaarschuwd* wordt bij onveilige http-verbindingen, die je vervolgens wél kunt toestaan.

Wat ook helpt is als tooters geen "URL-verkorters" gebruiken, zodat je kunt zien naar welke website de link leidt.

Ten slotte probeer ik vaak het m.i. belangrijkste stuk te quoten, of een screenshot te plaatsen (zo mogelijk mét Alt tekst). Dan HOEVEN lezers niet op links te klikken/drukken.

So enough of that of "We must work inside the #DemocraticParty and not a #ThirdParty" shit!

The only reason why #ThirdParties can't win is because you all refuse to support them & passively accept the established order and do nothing to fight for the alternative.

Third-parties can win #elections & have done so in the past.

You think Third-parties in #LatinAmerica didn't have these troubles in the past? Of course they did cos they challenged the system which excluded Third-party Options!

People like #KyleKulinski are comfy where they're at as they make money from YouTube, Book deals, social commentaries, etc. while telling people to #vote for the people who allowed a horrific destruction on the Oct 7th and who literally sold us out 2 times recently and for over 5 decades when the #Democrats oversaw the rising threat of #fascism.

Honestly I think he'll be with those who do a #RosaLuxemberg assassination 2.0 when real discussions for true alternatives rise up like a #ThirdParty.

@CiaraNi
3rd parties have never succeeded in the US. My take? Trying to create a party from the top down simply does not work. Don't just show up every 4 years trying to elect a 3rd party president.
Grassroots is the only way to create a viable party. It's hard, often thankless work. Be prepared to lose and lose again, yet still go on. It takes courage, persistence, and a focus on the long view. Now's the time.
#thirdparty

@QasimRashid

I wish I could find a way to disagree with you, I can't.

#DNC needs new leadership or the US needs a viable #ThirdParty.

I'd say that soon there will be enough disaffected #Democrats and #Republicans to constitute one.

I realize the #Libertarian & #Green parties are out there but they have not garnered enough belief to really move the needle.

All I can say for sure is that #wethepeopleoftheunitedstates have allowed #Trump back in power and we need to fix that at the ballotbox.

Look at this complete lack of backpack!

(Legs are mistransformed, this is how it came in the box. I haven't even peeled the protective wrap off the windows yet!)

@monk @Daojoan

Americans do not choose to have only two parties. Our PACs, media, and billionaires choose that for us. #CitizenUnited cements the fact that our choices are binary.

A few places (such as in Alaska) are allowing #RankedChoiceVoting as a path for other parties, but in the end (even there)... We are still dominated by the two parties.

Long, expensive campaigns for Congress and the WH mean that big money needs to back candidates. Big money means one of the two major parties MUST back you financially.

#ThirdParty candidates have almost always been spoilers for the Democrats' success and helped Republicans.

Tell us how to get corruption, big money and billionaires out of our system, and how to convince our corrupt politicians to get rid of the same #CitizensUnited that profitd them... THEN maybe we could have more parties.

Until such time as we can magically make that happen, we will have only two choices.

So am I looking for a #unicorn?

Because notwithstanding that I cannot envision a SINGLE #ThirdParty who might need access to my #BloodGlucose readings OTHER THAN my #doctor, I think it is pretty damn gross and unethical to make a critical #medical #monitoring device unable to be used without user data being taken by default (and no opt out).

5/x

#ethics
#data
#privacy
#dataveillance
#security