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Which is a valid position to take. I never intended to change anyone's mind on what the right path was in 2024. For better and very much for worse we're all in the same leaky ass boat and it's going to take serious and sustained cross popular activism to keep us all from drowning. Harris Stans, hard line progressive Puritans, hell I'll take remorseful Trumpets because at this point it's more important to be doing damage control and repairs than it is to litigate who was responsible for getting us into this mess. To be clear I'm not suggesting you or most others in this thread are attempting to relitigate that, but I've seen an infuriating tendency to dismiss potential allies because something is "their fault" rather than doing the work of building a strong coalition. I'm of the opinion the only successful long term strategy is grassroots, pushing for principled candidates from all backgrounds who will follow through on their stated goals. Our first goal must be to stop the bleeding, but to heal the damage we MUST put a stop to the duoparty ratchet effect which has been pushing the US to the right for decades, and the only way to do that is to primary Dems from the left. To provide real and actionable solutions to the crises facing the US, and in a really fucked up way Trump has given this movement a generational opportunity. These idiots have shit the bed so hard they've created an opportunity for a seismic change in policy, and a corresponding appetite with swing voters.
I hope when you say you have no sympathy for those folks you're speaking facetiously. I understand how you feel, but it makes me very sad. Not that you in isolation are feeling this way but that such a position is understandable in the first place. This is a messed up time