No group has done more to harm their own cause than the Green Party USA [View all]

As I understand it, the Green Party was created to advance the cause of advocating for the environment.

As it turns out, no organization has done more to harm the environment, world peace and Democracy than the Green Party in America. I know that was not their intent (the road to hell is paved with good intentions). I know that their participation in general elections and the eventual outcomes are "unintended consequences", but "them's the facts", so to speak.

In the year 2000, one of the world's pre-eminent environmentalists, Al Gore, was undoubtedly defeated for the White House by a product of the Fossil Fuel industry, George W. Bush. Put aside the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the country, the world and the cause of the Green Party were set back decades to feed Ralph Nader's ego.

In 2016, a candidate who claims that Climate Change is a "Chinese Hoax" defeated a much more qualified candidate who would have been much friendlier to the world's environment, Hillary Clinton. Put aside Trump's threat to Democracy, placing Putin's candidate, Jill Stein on the General Election ballots in key swing states, most likely elected Adolf Trump to the American Presidency.

Now, with everything America stands for at risk, a climate denier may return to the US Presidency again, with the help of this same Green Party. Certainly, the vast majority of votes that Cornell West receives will come from the Democratic nominee.

I'm not saying that I disagree with the Green Party's basic philosophy, but the math in our system suggests that those issues be brought up in Democratic primaries and not as a separate party in the General. In the American system, the party that most agrees with your principals is the most hurt by you politically by "shaving" votes. As it turns out the Green Party (granted inadvertently) has done more to hurt this country, the world and the environment they swore to protect.

The Green Party's philosophy may be sound, but their math, and the understanding of our electoral system, sucks.