• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Not sure that it proves horseshoe theory so much as it proves that Jill Stein in particular is a gutless wretch and a puppet without principles, and that 3rd parties running for the presidency in the US are deeply unserious.

    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 days ago

      The whole thing is money, all the way down. It’s only slightly different from rooting for your favorite sportsball stars until the electoral college (among other things) is brought into the modern age. The sooner these Cold War relics are out of office worldwide, the better our entire species’ chances get.

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      9 days ago

      Russia is doing this to fringe parties all over Europe – it simply doesn’t matter to them whether they are left or right or whatever. So you get communist, leftist, fascist and populist parties all repeating Putin’s phrases. And in this case, the green party’s candidate.