I know voting by itself cannot bring about change. However the right person in the right position, who is supported by the people, would have a legitimacy that revolutions often lack. The establishment candidates won’t even debate, how can they be considered legitimate.

How am I suppose to choose between the three hopefuls I actually like though?

Jill Stein seems like she has the best chance to win, but I don’t know if she is revolutionary enough.

Cornel West seems like he might actually be able to kick off a revolution, but I don’t know if he could win.

Claudia de la Cruz seems amazing but is still very much a bit of an unknown.

Am I just suppose to roll the dice here? I think I could vote for any of these three with a clear conscience, but my favorite depends so much on the day.

  • roux [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    I asked last year at one point about Cornell West and got directed to a tweet he made a decade ago praising Reagan’s “freedom fighters” who went around in the 80s working to snuff out communism across the world.

    At best West is a Sanders-esque reformist.