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
    935·
    18 hours 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

    • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
      1·
      1 hour ago

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

      • the post of tom joad
        1·
        50 minutes ago

        Talking about a hypothetical Democratic Party platform you reddit-brained blueny.

        Block me please, i don’t want to have to dumb down my posts so you can understand them

        • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
          1·
          46 minutes 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?

          • the post of tom joad
            1·
            37 minutes ago

            Haha my biggest problem with the blueney bin is: they never stop talkin stupid no matter how badly you try ta shame em! Ill talk to you, sure. But not until you do sumpin for me. Your ass still aint proved you have the capacity to argue in good faith.

            Will your next post show me any different? Ive learned enough about you that i doubt it.

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
      8·
      15 hours 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.