• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Clear, substantive tangible records speaks nothing to the issue at hand that is discussing whether third-parties actually do anything…?

    Huh?

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      8 months ago

      https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/9218081

      you will see that the issue is the provability of whether so-called third parties can achieve anything, and whether it’s provable that voting for them has supported a “greater evil”. i have demonstrated the success of so-called third parties, and its prima facie impossible to prove a counterfactual.

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        8 months ago

        I have proved both of these things. Both With Nader and Perot, as well as showing the difference in actual progressive advancements between third-parties in Democrats is so great that there is little point in supporting a third-party — especially when the FPTP system mathematically goes against them.

        But any time you want to make a bet a 3rd-party candidate winning versus one of the two primary parties, I’ll happily take that bet on money.

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          8 months ago

          I have proved both of these things.

          you literally cannot prove a counterfactual, so claiming you have reeks of intellectual dishonesty

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            8 months ago

            It’s a fact that 3rd-party lose universally all of their elections while often spoiling elections for the primary party that most-closely shares their interests. This is not a counter-factual; this is not Ad Ignorantiam.

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          8 months ago

          any time you want to make a bet a 3rd-party candidate winning versus one of the two primary parties

          this is a red herring and doesn’t address the substance of our disagreement at all

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            8 months ago

            It’s not really a red-herring; it’s simply putting money where your mouth is.

            It’s putting weight behind your words, and it proves my point.