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From my outside perspective, he seems like an amazing candidate with actual left-wing policies and ideas, yet I've never heard a single American mention his name?

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[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

On Russia's invasion of Ukraine, West said it's "a criminal invasion, provoked by the expansion of NATO"

Fuck off, it's provoked entirely by Putin being a shithead. The invasion proves the worth of NATO. Coincidentally , NATO is something West wants to get rid of.

His other positions are fine, but I'd prefer a president who's not gargling Putin's balls.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He’s also said:

West has also described Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a "crime against humanity."

"Russia has its own deep authoritarian and neofascist elites who are in control and concerned about the Russian empire being gloriously based on its past, Ukraine being a part of it, and Ukraine not existing," he told U.S. magazine Jacobin in November 2022.

"This is the typical colonizing language that you get going back to the early moments of the age of Europe—the people are not there, the land is ours, etc."

Leftists are anti-NATO that doesn’t mean they go and support another imperialist power (Tankies excluded, but they’re tankies so fuck em).

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Blaming NATO for what Ukraine is going through is copying Russian propaganda. It is absolutely an example of "gargling Putin's balls" at this point.

[–] cali_ash@lemmy.wtf 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, he's running for a 3rd party, so there is zero chance of him winning.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 13 points 9 months ago

But he dies have a chance of siphoning votes from the party he is most closely aligned with.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

We can't have a discussion about him until the country abolishes first-past-the-post and implements ranked-choice or STAR voting.

Anything you might think you're accomplishing with that discussion is just pushing us toward fascism (due to stealing Biden votes (don't kill the messenger)). So don't, obviously.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And when do you expect that to happen?

[–] Atin@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You guys really need mandatory elections with a preferential voting system

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We also need universal single payer healthcare, UBI, and bunch of other stuff but we are too busy punching ourselves in the dick to appease the corporations that own our politicians.

[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

From his Wikipedia page, he's a philosopher with no political associations. He's also from Oklahoma, and at best Oklahoma is just an OK state

[–] WorkIsSlow@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's a section on his Wikipedia page about his political activism and work with politicians.

[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Well, you see, I didn't mention that because I didn't read past the list of facts about him where it said independent, and honestly I just can't be trusted to do proper research

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I've heard he owes over 6 figures in child support and nobody has ever addressed it. I support other candidates.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Not running for Democrats or Republicans.

[–] Dinsmore@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

The main issue with Cornell West is that he's not really a politician. He's an amazing scholar, activist, and voice, but doesn't seem to be able to put together a robust campaign. He started on the working families party, I believe, then switched to Green, and has now removed himself from the Green party ticket.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

He exists as a spoiler to Biden. Nothing more.

[–] centof@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

His website isn't secure and looks ancient. Also the front page is just a closeup of his face. It is clearly focused on shilling for his speaking and books. So based off of that somewhat shallow look, I would say he is just running as a publicity stunt for his business. Which is fine, I guess, but not someone that I would vote for.

Edited to add: He actually does have a campaign website at cornelwest2024 that I initially missed. I went to the top result which was his main website.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.cornelwest2024.com/

Is his presidential run website.

You would've been looking at his 'personal' website. He's been a popular figure for decades, has worked at 4 Ivy league uni's, and even cameos in the Matrix 2/3 movies so I don't think he needs to do a presidential run to drum up book sales.

[–] centof@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He's clearly not a popular figure if you've never heard his name.

His policies seem alright but are more like a dreamy wishlist rather than anything achievable. The paragraph of his wiki about his 2024 presidental run is more convincing than his website to me. And that is saying something.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I meant as in I hadn’t heard his name in relationship to the election.

Also have you seen a political website? His is pretty good by standards. Look at Bidens for example, it’s a pop-up asking for donations and a link to a mailing list, not even a quick description on policies.

[–] centof@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, A one page bulleted list of vague policies under 10 headings all containing the word justice at the end is not convincing. Not to mention the typo. Kinda seems like you are looking at him through rose-colored glasses.

Your right Biden's sucks too, but at least people know what to expect from him. It's a lot harder for an independent outsider to get votes than a known person.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -4 points 9 months ago

What mean question this go here why go word I not understand speak