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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

Lot of dumb fucks commenting on this.

This can split maga, dummies. This is potential for something helpful, and unlikely to become a major long term threat (less likely than 100%, anyway).

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 5 hours ago

Oh, cool. We're finally not a two-party system! This will go nowhere. And even if it went somewhere, all the joiners would be losers like him.

Give me a Leftist party, headed by Zohran and backed by Bernie and AOC and I'll get excited.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Nuke Mars 2028

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

Ketamine party?

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Party of one

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

Cool, will this be like the "Coffee Party" or the "No Labels" or the "Tea Party"?

A place to corral the so-called "independents", LOL?

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The guy who “finessed” the election for trump now wants to start a new political party…

The trump party can’t call out illegality any elections that this new party may “finesse,” without admitting to taking advantage of that same strategy last year.

This will probably all fail in a completely boring and unsatisfying way, but I’m still hoping for total collapse of both parties.

[–] foobaz@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

Logic doesn't work for people trapped in a cult. They can claim whatever they want and don't need to admit anything, it doesn't matter. 😔

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

*frantically grabs popcorn*

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Next: petulant billionaire rant threatens to take his ball and go home when nobody wants to join his club in his treehouse with a “No girls” sign over the door.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Whelp I hope he fails, otherwise his personal bigotry will fuck me

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 11 points 11 hours ago

Ok Ross Perot.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago

Lol this man child is so out of touch with the reality that he thinks those who want out of a two party system would vote for a wanna be fascist giving a Nazi salute. He is in for a disappointment.

[–] CorruptCheesecake@lemmy.world 46 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Elon is so basic. Of course he would use the most generic name imaginable.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago

I'm surprised it's not X party.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Teddy would never.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 49 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Frankly, I'm a bit surprised he didn't call it the x party.

[–] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Could call it American X. Although it needs to sound like it has some background, maybe mention history. American History X, perfect! Only positive associations there.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

As someone who hated how whiney and annoying he was in terminator 2, I love that movie for ending with Eddie furlong dying in a urinal.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

When they said he was forming one, I assumed it would be that

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

Xtreme Politics!

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] vrojak@feddit.org 11 points 10 hours ago

The voters chose Trump after all, I think his assessment is pretty accurate.

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 31 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe he's born with it or maybe it's ketamine.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

Amerika Party.

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

Wonder how Andrew Yang is feeling today.

[–] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

How many of the votes in favour of him creating a new party do we think are just Elon's bots?

[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Probably 0. He didn't need to because he asked his fanboys which of course were going to say yes

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 28 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

If we can get more widespread ranked choice voting because of this, that would probably be the best outcome. Second best outcome would be to split the red votes.

[–] TechAnon@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't look at it this way at all, but you're absolutely right.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Yeah he's an idiot and his party is stupid, but I see it as a net benefit. He'll either peel votes off Republicans, or he'll get RCV.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 22 points 19 hours ago

I wish it the same success Tesla had in Europe this year.

[–] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 27 points 20 hours ago

The American Party and the Republican Party are fighting for voters. While Polymarket users are betting on who will get the most votes in the elections.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The flies are breeding in the carcass.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Ohhhh so that's where all those damn screwworms were going...

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 19 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

America party,

remind me what was the name of the nazi American party?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm wondering if fElon is going to issue some silver shirts. Taco has tainted red hats and skin heads/ Proud Boys (lol) have tainted Fred Perry gear...fElon probably needs a good shorthand to identify his own set of idiots.

he's rich enough to commission Hugo Boss to do nazi uniforms again.

[–] madlian@lemmy.cafe 6 points 18 hours ago

They know nothing!

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Aww, honey, look. Baby fElon is doing something naive again!

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 17 hours ago

I'm getting real Clive Palmer vibes from this.

[–] Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

Good time to start a real progressive party maybe, as long as we're already fracturing.