UniversalMonk

He's a bit obscure, but pretty interesting.

The American green party pretty much just comes out of the woods every 4 years to run for president, and even then they can’t even reliably get the paperwork right.

Not true. Since 1985, Greens have won 1,582 elections. As of the November 2024 elections, at least 161 Greens hold elected office. In 2024, Greens won 50 of 92 (54.3%) local races and 0 of 92 (0%) state & federal races. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Green_politicians_who_have_held_office_in_the_United_States)

2024: 98 Races, 23 States, 16 Victories (https://www.greenpartyus.org/?t=2024)

And in fact, I've posted other articles in this community about local Greens running for smaller local elections currently.

Thanks, friend!

Presidential runs get the most media attention, but the Green Party has fielded hundreds of candidates at the local and state levels for decades.

Greens have won races for city councils, school boards, and mayoral offices in various states, including California, Maine, and Pennsylvania. Lots of Greens have served full terms and pushed for real reforms around climate policy, local democracy, housing, and police accountability.

I know, because I've voted for them in my state and in my city elections.

Lemmy's going around reducing the party to a once-every-four-years BS, because they suck the teet of the Democratic and Repulican parties, but they ignore the year-round organizing and coalition work that often flies under the radar of mainstream media.

As for the paperwork critique: ballot access laws in the U.S. are deliberately designed to favor the two major parties, with constantly shifting requirements from state to state. The Greens, like other third parties, often face legal and logistical hurdles just to be visible. Mistakes do happen, but they’re usually the result of resource gaps, not bad faith.

In fact, the Green Party’s platform on healthcare, climate justice, demilitarization, and worker rights has been totally consistent over time. That consistency is itself a sign of good faith: they stand by their positions, even when it's unpopular or difficult.

Also, Stein was not paid by russia. Lemmy wanted you to think that so that the existing corrupt dupoloy of Democrats and Republicans could stay in power.

For the record, I didn't vote Green party. I voted Socialist party, but I admire a lot of Green Party ideas.

Oh, and before the people start yelling, "See!? See?! Universal Monk is a troll!" This is my fucking community that I started and mod. So nothing I'm saying is trolling. I'm providing facts about Green Party, in a Green Party community. That's not trolling.

I'm quite certain that people will ignore facts, and just continue to try bullying and banning me some more. But just like Jeremiah Hacker, the 19th Century radical journalist/anarchist/abolitionist, I won't stop. No matter what you all try to do to me. lol

Dude was a badass and an eccentric. I own a biography about him that's signed by the author. Great read.

Jeremiah Hacker (1801–1895) was a radical 19th-century reformer, journalist, and preacher who became a prominent voice for abolition, women’s rights, pacifism, vegetarianism, and anarchism in Portland, Maine. Hacker launched The Pleasure Boat (a radical newspaper) by selling his only good coat to afford the first edition, wearing a borrowed one for years afterward

He lived in near-poverty in a boarding house, writing articles on his knee and spending everything he had to spread his message. He criticized organized religion, government, war, prisons, and land monopolies, and helped build public support for one of the first juvenile reform schools in the country.

Hacker was known for his sharp pen and uncompromising views. A vegetarian and early advocate of animal rights and environmentalism, he saw diet and ethics as linked, once writing that meat-eating encouraged drunkenness and moral decline.

While he supported temperance, he opposed outright prohibition.

His unpopular pacifist stance during the Civil War cost him readers, but he stayed true to his beliefs. Hacker later moved to Vineland, New Jersey, where he farmed and continued writing for anarchist and freethought publications until his death at age 94.

Though not widely remembered, his radical vision anticipated many modern movements, and his life stands as a testament to conviction over comfort.

lolol Truth! lol

Yep! I've been banned from almost half of Lemmy because I refused to bow down to the duopoly. I proudly voted socialist party in the last election. I'll proudly do the same in the next election. :)

And I refuse to be bullied off of Lemmy. lol

The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs.

I have the paperback version, but I also have it as ebook. Lots of Debs books at https://annas-archive.org/

I'm sure Debs would approve getting it that way if someone doesn't have the resources to buy the expensive printed version.

Not sure if you have already read it or not, but if you haven't, definitely try to find the book, "The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs." It's very hefty and goes into every detail. Great book!

Debs is someone I wish was around now. Not saying he was perfect or anything, but he had a set of beliefs that’s closer to mine than any President ever has been.

Yep! And he even went to prison for his beliefs, still didn't change his mind, and actually ran for president from prison! lmao

It’s wild how Lucy Parsons wrote that almost a hundred years ago, yet so much of it still hits hard today.

We’ve got all this tech, Lemmy, Mastodon, Signal, Discord, whatevs, and it's easier than ever to connect, organize, and spread ideas.

But somehow we’re still scattered, still stuck in loops of talking about change instead of making it happen.

It’s very frustrating to realize how little progress we've made in actually building something unified and lasting. The platforms have changed, but the isolation, burnout, and fragmentation she described are still with us.

There’s nothing wrong with using reality to troll fascists.

But posting stuff just to make them mad, is still "trolling," which sucks and shouldn't be encouraged.

So I wanted to test it myself. I went to that community and posted something that’s only offensive to zionists.

What I wasn’t expecting is Ada’s response. She said in the modlogs she also felt the post was rage bait.

But you actually did post to rage bait. I’m not usually one to defend Ada, but in this case, you went there intentionally to stir things up, and you got exactly what you were looking for.

Posting in a place you don’t like, just to see what happens, is the definition of trolling. It’s not like how Lemmy uses the word now to describe anyone they disagree with. The real definition is posting something just to get a reaction.

In this situation, I'm saying YDI.