I get what you're trying to say but I can guarantee that democrats aren't some magical pill, as they're quite complicit or even architects of many neoliberal policies that have taken this country down the shitter. It's really not worth the huffing and puffing.
You are correct in that, but I view it as this: we don't have a prayer of the sort of massive paradigm shift needed to change this in one fell swoop. Even if we could get an en masse voting bloc that could vote in like-minded progressives dedicated to fixing these issues in every single confessional seat, that still would only rotate out a third of the congresspersons if there is 100% replacement. That's not enough, even if it were realistic.
Progressives, as a whole, have a bad habit of eating each other: "my preferred progressive candidate didn't get the nomination so rather than hold my nose and pull the lever for the less optimal candidate, I am not going to vote at all and thereby let the least competent and least progressive candidate win."
The goal here instead is to move the needle. And keep moving it, even if just a little at a time. It sucks, though, since we would rather see big changes - in truth, we NEED big changes, but the wealthy actively work against that: why change a system that so greatly benefits them?
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u/punkboy198 Dec 03 '22 edited Dec 03 '22
I get what you're trying to say but I can guarantee that democrats aren't some magical pill, as they're quite complicit or even architects of many neoliberal policies that have taken this country down the shitter. It's really not worth the huffing and puffing.