With membership at new lows and no electoral wins to their name, it’s time for the Greens to ditch the malignant narcissist who’s presided over its decline.

"How has Stein fared as a leader? By AOC’s perfectly reasonable standard, she’s done abysmally. As of July 2024, a mere 143 officeholders in the United States are affiliated with the Green Party. None of them are in statewide or federal offices. In fact, no Green Party candidate has ever won federal office. And Stein’s reign has been a period of indisputable decline, during which time the party’s membership—which peaked in 2004 at 319,000 registered members—has fallen to 234,000 today.

This meager coalition can’t possibly kick-start a legitimate political movement, capable of organizing voters and advancing ideas outside of perennial electoral events. It’s just large enough, however, to spoil the work of those who put in this kind of work."

  • the post of tom joad
    938·
    3 months ago

    Or if for policies popular with a wide swath of America? Naw. I believe what MSNBC and all the real adults in the room agree with:

    Our party should ebrace moderate Republicans! Smear the greens! Keep leftist spoiler parties off the ballot! Dismiss Dem party dissidents as traitors and foreign assets! This is what real leftists do. All leftists to the left of me are actually to the right.

    I would know, i’m a Democrat, and I’m as left as they come

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
      10·
      3 months ago

      Oh, yeah, me too, I am a very far left lefty. That’s why when it comes to elections I ignore groups like Uncommitted and instead vote how the furthest right group wants lefties to vote.

    • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
      5·
      3 months ago

      A party that might get 1% of the vote represents a “wide swath of America” more than a party that gets >50% ?

        • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
          5·
          3 months ago

          Let’s talk about the issue at hand. Do you think pulling support for Israel to appease 1-5% of the voter base would have no consequences when it comes to voters who want to support Israel?

            • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
              4·
              3 months ago

              Your argument, so you go first: Which widely popular policy is the Democratic Party not endorsing, and can you cite a measurement of how popular it is?

              • the post of tom joad
                14·
                3 months ago

                Ahhhhhhhh so your claim isnt real.

                You’re not gonna back your claims up… And i don’t care to speak with somebody who won’t.

                Your argument is spurious. without a link. I already told you before, there is a minimum QoC i expect in my discussions, a minimum you refuse to reach.

                So flip me off (pretty much what you’ve been up to this whole time) and get gone