ziq wrote on September 15, 2020 at 11:47 AM

Reply to comment by TheOmegaDirective in "Voting for harm reduction purposes does NOT make you a lib" by SocialForm

You have zero influence over any ruler, rulers don't obey peasants.

emma wrote on September 15, 2020 at 11:51 AM

Me exerting influence over a ruler

ziq wrote on September 15, 2020 at 12:00 PM

I'd love to smack an anarcho-bidenist over the head with that.

ziq wrote on September 15, 2020 at 12:00 PM

that's when violence is justified

TheOmegaDirective wrote on September 15, 2020 at 11:55 AM

Ngl it would be really cool to have a ruler that big.

Ennui wrote on September 15, 2020 at 1:05 PM

You ever heard of a yardstick? Or perhaps a measuring tape?

TheOmegaDirective wrote on September 15, 2020 at 11:51 AM

Actually he's already shown that he's willing to listen to progressives, even Bernie. He's running on the most leftist platform in American history.

catachresis wrote on September 15, 2020 at 9:58 PM

Biden is not running the most leftist platform in history. Gravel was running a much more progressive platform for example.

The American people I think are slowly becoming more left and might be the most left in history, but I’m not sure.

Biden is running on the standard status quo ticket. That’s called conservatism. .

celebratedrecluse wrote on September 20, 2020 at 6:43 AM (edited on September 20, 2020 at 7:38 AM)

Eugene Debs ran as an explicit socialist, while still incarcerated, and won more votes as a percentage of the electorate than third parties USA do these days. Millions, if you count all 5 times he ran.