Nina Turner joins People's Party

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20. Because there's no functional difference between the Greens and starting from scratch

2016 marked 20 years after Nader's 1996 run. The fact that he disappeared for four years should have been more than reason enough to not vote for him in 2000, but let's put that boulder aside for a moment, just for the sake of this discussion.

The Greens had 20 years to develop a liberal-left voting block, both within their party and allied to left-of-center independents and Democrats.

In that time they've had some small successes at the local (city/town/county) level, mostly in California. However, I couldn't find any Greens elected to state-level offices who hadn't changed party to Democrat or Independent by the time of their next election. And, obviously, they've never had anyone elected to a national -level office.

Coalition building just isn't their strong suit. When they're firing on all pistons, they act as if they want to be the lefty party in parliament in a country that doesn't have a parliamentary system.

But they rarely have fired on all pistons. They've been a platform for grandstanding, vanity campaigns, disruptors, and election-spoiling. They aid the antithesis of their supposed views.

And odds are the People's Party will be exactly the same.

Now, getting back to that boulder...