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the green party has nominated a candidate, and ran in every single presidential election since 1996. why would they suddenly decide to drop out now?
They should drop out because they have no path to victory, typically capture <1% of the vote, peaked at 2.7%, have no Senate seats, no house seats, no governorships - state or territorial, no chambers seats - upper or lower... But most importantly, they're siphoning votes away from the more progressive viable option, providing meaningful support to the worst possible option in doing so.
those are not circumstances unique to this election.
if the democrats are running a campaign that cannot succeed without a third party abandoning the strategy they've been using constantly for the past 28 years, they have already lost.
the greens are not a chaotic force doing unpredictable things. if democrats don't account for the greens doing what they always do, its their own fault if they lose.
Yes - the Democrats are at fault for arrogantly running an ineffective campaign like the institutionalists they are, and the Greens are at fault for aiding a hostile state actor and the unabashed fascists.
Both are bad, though not in a comparable way.