2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I don't like Jill Stein or support the Green "spoiler strategy" but let's be honest about it. [View all]sofa king
(10,857 posts)From 2001-2009, the air got dirtier, the groundwater was poisoned, there was more mercury in the drinking water, and about one-fifth of America's wetlands were destroyed and counterbalanced with golf course water hazards, all thanks to Ralph Nader.
But on the other hand it's important to recognize that Greens are just the other end of the horseshoe of American politics, directly opposite the knuckledragging racists on the other side and more closely aligned with them than they are with us.
Both ends of the horseshoe have political disruption as a primary goal, despite their idealistic talk. Both ends do not understand or care about the actual political process, align themselves without reservation to completely unqualified leaders who rook them for cash, and are impervious to rational argument. They aren't Democrats any more than American Nazis are Republicans, and it is sheer folly to think that they will align with us on any common goal.