[EM] Fwd: Declare your independence from the 2-party trap
Michael Garman
michael.garman at rankthevote.us
Sat Jul 20 11:09:15 PDT 2024
Michael, for the fifteenth time, I’m a socialist. I know what leftism is.
Not all Americans who want a third party want a leftist party.
On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 2:08 PM Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 10:58 Michael Garman <
> michael.garman at rankthevote.us> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Third time’s the charm!
>>
>>
>> But “63% of Americans want a third party” doesn’t mean 63% want a leftist
>> third party.
>>
>
> Though that statement doesn’t “mean” that, it’s nonetheless so. “Leftist”
> is what you rightists Biden types call progressives.
>
> As the Public-Citizen article points out, progressive policies are
> synonymous with popular policies.
>
>
> Some want it for sure — like you and me. Others want a group of
>> milquetoast centrists. And still others want something even more Nazi than
>> the GOP.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 1:55 PM Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Jill Stein for President]
>>> <https://www.jillstein2024.com/nv?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=1>
>>>
>>> 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.*
>>>
>>> <https://www.jillstein2024.com/matching?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=2>
>>> DONATE
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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
>>> <https://www.jillstein2024.com/platform?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=3>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> <http://www.jillstein2024.com/matching?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=4>
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>>>
>>> Jill Stein for President, www.jillstein2024.com
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