General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Comrade Khan]

not that it matters for u guys either, guessing the lectoral college makes ur primary votes meaningless anyways

 

[Comrade Khan]

because if not, i kind of refuse to believe the general public actually voted for biden over sanders lol

 

[Chris]

Nah the primaries literally decide who gets to keep running lol

 

[Chris]

It's how we got Trump vs Biden instead of Trump vs Bernie, Bernie lost the primary

 

[Comrade Khan]

It's how we got Trump vs Biden instead of Trump vs Bernie, Bernie lost the primary

yeh

 

[Comrade Khan]

I understand now, sorry guys

 

[Smart Marx]

most ppl I America n its bc those 2 parties have money n influence . U can't possibly have 2 parties that represent all views. It's a terrible system that only helps those 2 parties n shits on actual democracy n unification. You're better off forcing multiple parties to work together and actually compromise

This is purely anecdotal speaking, but if you strip away the names of the parties, most people I talk to align pretty closely to one of two general viewpoints.

Not all people, just on average.

There are some issues you’ll disagree with your side on, but typically most people aren’t split so much between two sides they need a third party. Libertarians are probably the biggest third party I’ve seen and they might be close some day to getting on major ballots.

As for making parties work together, they should be and that’s sad that they don’t, honestly.

 

[Chris]

And for the record I don't think there's ever been much primary hijacking bc I think it'd be easy to notice with voting patterns, it's just a concern in general lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

This is purely anecdotal speaking, but if you strip away the names of the parties, most people I talk to align pretty closely to one of two general viewpoints. Not all people, just on average. There are some issues you’ll disagree with your side on, but typically most people aren’t split so much between two sides they need a third party. Libertarians are probably the biggest third party I’ve seen and they might be close some day to getting on major ballots. As for making parties work together, they should be and that’s sad that they don’t, honestly.

but theres so many view points on so many issues. i dont agree at all you can split that into simnple TWO views. thats not how ppl are or life is. thats just how they want you to think

 

[Chris]

Like my anecdotal example is 5 dumb east Texans or so, probably was more but not enough to change anything

 

[Smart Marx]

we dont do this stupid primary crap every election cycle lol

The primaries are better for avoiding the pitfalls you seem to have because if you can’t pick your candidate then it is more party affiliation, but if there’s an election within your party, you can still pick a person who closer represents you within your chosen party.

 

[Comrade Khan]

and you shouldnt have to sacrifice one view point because your party agrees with u on something else, u should have real options. just like having social cons with progressive cons in the same party is fucking stupid, i shouldnt have to plug my nose because i want fiscal stability at the costs of fucking over gay rights, for example

 

[Comrade Khan]

The primaries are better for avoiding the pitfalls you seem to have because if you can’t pick your candidate then it is more party affiliation, but if there’s an election within your party, you can still pick a person who closer represents you within your chosen party.

we can still vote for party leaders, we just do it when they step down or voted out. we vote for parties no for dear leaders

 

[RDK]

Trump would have beaten than Maniac Bernie

 

[Comrade Khan]

sure