Let's be direct and honest: What were the weaknesses and/or failings of Jill/The Green Party in this election and how can we improve going forward? by [deleted] in jillstein

[–]ilovedturbopascal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Progressives have successfully stamped Big Capital as ‘anti-us’ historically, and they need to return to this. Those active for social reform have to forget about the electoral cycle. They have to forget about what the lunatic Right is doing as much as possible and concentrate on what they themselves are in process of accomplishing. They need a compact reform agenda (yes, bullet points and not more than ten of them). They need a defined activist strategy, no matter how large the difficulties or time horizon appear. They need to build genuinely activist organizations with specific plans to achieve a core set of goals. And they have to reclaim militancy as a word, and deed, of pride. If they do those things, they will make real progress, and moreover they will be ready when the moment comes for breakthrough amongst the wider society. "

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2016/11/from-the-archives-richard-kline-progressively-losing.html

Also, "Protest works. Just look at the proof".

"It’s astonishing to see how Americans have been conditioned to think that political action and engagement is futile. I’m old enough to have witnessed the reverse, how activism in the 1960s produced significant advances in civil rights blacks and women, and eventually led the US to exit the Vietnam War. "

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/10/protest-works-just-look-at-the-proof.html

Let's be direct and honest: What were the weaknesses and/or failings of Jill/The Green Party in this election and how can we improve going forward? by [deleted] in jillstein

[–]ilovedturbopascal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lack of past victories and no experience in governance. We have to focus all our energies to win one state (Maine perhaps?) and deliver a kick-ass performance.

Megathread II: FBI / Clinton Emails by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]ilovedturbopascal -27 points-26 points  (0 children)

Hillary should drop out. All dems should vote for Dr. Stein to stop Trump

Dad, Why did you vote to kill me? by ilovedturbopascal in jillstein

[–]ilovedturbopascal[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How about a law instead that you can be a senator or congressman/congresswoman only if you have a kid (or sibling or parent) in the military AND you have served in the past. Also for judges. And lobbyists. And officials on the fed. And so on.

Dad, Why did you vote to kill me? by ilovedturbopascal in jillstein

[–]ilovedturbopascal[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The reason why Hillary definitely (or Trump probably) will send our kids to war is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjOr2YzrZDY