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They prevent liberation by selling you back your chains with populous rhetoric and slogans
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As long as we have this broken first-past-the-post electoral system, I will vote blue, no matter what. When we have something better (proportional representation, for example), I will entertain more nuanced parties. Until then, at least the D leaders haven't actively dismantled democracy.
"I'll continue to support genocide until someone else makes it convenient not to"
A study from 20 years ago by Princeton University says that voters have zero impact on policy or politicians. Democrat leaders are actively dismantling to democracy otherwise that study will not have shown as such.
So you want everyone else to do the work and when that job is finished you will hop on our bandwagon and proclaim you always supported us?
It's not "hopping on the bandwagon", with the way your election system is rigged, there are only two options for a lot of places, anything else is a wasted vote
If you got rid of the Electoral Colleges and the FPP then suddenly it's not a wasted vote
And you know what changes first past the post? Democrats getting off their ass and voting for actual nondemocrat or socialist candidates. If they are pushed past the post by Democrats, then they win. It's as simple as that. Trying to reform a party that is operating exactly as designed will always lead to failure
You can be working towards voter reform and be voting for Democrats at the same time. They aren't mutually exclusive.
So your plan is to work towards voter reform while supporting the politicians that do not want voter reform?
I'm sure some Democrats would like it, there's people who run on that platform. It's better than letting Republicans win at least.
I'm sure they might claim to. They'll find the no votes.