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"The American political system is profoundly anti-democratic.” Third-party US presidential candidate Cornel West says the established political parties seek to prevent competition.

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Jack High1 year ago

Professor West is right; the US party system is a duopoly.

This place sucks1 year ago

He’s taking money from a billionaire to try to ruin it for the first black woman that will be our president.

facepalm1 year ago

The American Democratic Party is profoundly anti-democratic.

Obi_1_D_AllKnowing1 year ago

@SteveWorks4You Let’s be clear here. It’s only one particular party doing this and it is the Democrat Party. The Democrats tried to remove Trump from the ballot, and RFK jr, and Jill Stein and Cornel West.

Nelli1 year ago

@AJEnglish Who mind this buffoon Cornel West.

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I said it before and will say it again Venezuela has a better electoral system than the US and I am right.

To Mars and back!1 year ago

Yes... apparently bc #DemocratParty. lol

#LoveWarrior #TruthJusticeLove1 year ago

@CornelWest The #WestAbdullah2024 justices: #FreePalestine #TruthJusticeLove

Diane1 year ago

Just think. Trump may be the problem, if you were the republican candidate, oh never mind. Never work, republicans can’t elect a black man. They are incapable of.

Surprised Wallaby Noises1 year ago

Yes, but it doesn't help that the number of sane people running on third party tickets seems to decrease every year; that in all of American history, only the Republicans, Populists, and Reform party took part in down-ballot races, and that you, specifically, are Cornel West.

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