[EM] Fwd: Declare your independence from the 2-party trap

[Michael Ossipoff]

In this message she refers specifically to polling percentages.  Is she
lying. You want to know her sources? Then ask her or her campaign for the
sourc.

Likewise Public Citizens, to which I linked in my other post. Are they
lying too?

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From: Jill Stein for President <info at jillstein2024.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 11:24
Subject: Declare your independence from the 2-party trap
To: Michael Ossipoff <Email9648742 at gmail.com>


Time to fight for real democracy.
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Michael - Are you feeling free today?

We all grew up with the fairytale of Independence Day, that the Fourth of
July is a celebration of democracy and freedom from the tyranny of an
unaccountable ruling elite.

But that was never the real story.

>From the beginning, our country was founded on white supremacy and
genocide, governed by the wealthy, landed class. But 248 years into the
American experiment, have we become a democracy governed by We the People?

Here’s where things stand today:

   - *63% of US voters want a new major party (a record high)* because
   neither Democrats nor Republicans represent the people.

   - *77% of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the
country. *Trust
   in government has also plummeted to historic lows, with just 22% saying
   they trust the government to do what’s right most of the time.

   - *An overwhelming majority believe (correctly) that moneyed interests
   have too much control in our government* – backed up by an
   already-20-year-old bombshell Princeton-Northwestern study proving economic
   elites and organized big money interests determine US government policy,
   while average Americans have “near zero” influence.

All of these statistics tell a clear story: *the United States is in the
grip of an unaccountable ruling elite that doesn’t represent us* - and what
little democracy we have is on life support.

This is what “lesser evil” voting has brought us. The twin parties of war
and Wall Street have thoroughly sold us to the highest bidder.

And if this election year has shown us anything, it’s clear that “politics
as usual” is only getting worse. But we don’t have to live this way.

*It’s time to declare our independence from the two-party trap.*

It’s time to pull out of the duopoly death spiral and fight for real
democracy.

“Politics as usual” is accelerating the climate emergency and dragging us
closer to the brink of world war with nuclear powers.

*It’s time to fight for real democracy as if the survival of humanity
depends on it – because it does.*
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   - *We demand an actual** democratic voting system* that empowers people
   to vote for what they want, instead of voting against what they fear. That
   means ranked-choice voting for all elections, and proportional
   representation for legislative elections. These voting systems are common
   in democracies around the world - voting for “lesser evil” is not.

   - *We demand open debates* with all ballot-qualified candidates. The
   recent Biden-Trump debate was a national embarrassment. It’s hard to think
   of a better argument for more voices and more choices in debates.

   - *We need to end anti-democratic, restrictive ballot access barriers,
   enact full public financing of elections, and provide free public airtime
   for candidates.* The ruling class has created a system that ensures only
   candidates backed by big money can get on the ballot and reach the huge
   numbers of voters necessary to win major elections. Once again, the US is a
   major outlier, while many democracies around the world provide public
   resources that enable regular working people to run competitive campaigns
   at all levels of government.

   - *We need to revive our democracy* with a full spectrum of reforms to
   empower the people - see our platform
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   for more.

We can have real democracy, but *only if we demand it* - and vote for
candidates who are fighting for it. Those who tell you to vote for “lesser
evil” are telling you to give away any power you have to demand a better
future.

*Join the fight for democracy - declare your independence from the
two-party trap!*

In solidarity and gratitude,

Team Jill Stein 2024
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