No. I'm blaming the people who chose not to vote.

We knew what the risks were. We saw what happened the last time we thought “I don’t have to hold my nose if everyone else is.” There's very few things that excuse not showing up when one of the candidates is running on a fascist platform. Not showing up means you're OK with the outcome either way. I get beat up on by people farther left than me because I advocate for electoralism, but short of a mass violent uprising, we don't have much choice other than to play within the system to make things better.

We desperately need change with how our candidates are selected because if another fucking neoliberal (Newsome) runs we definitely won’t have another election.

Agreed. But we, as the voters, have to understand that you can't win the game by choosing not to play it. Whether you like the rules of the game or not, the game is being played with or without you and the outcomes absolutely affect you whether you choose to participate or not.

Politicians need to get better, but voters also need to grow the fuck up and make the best of a bad situation, else we end up in worse situations. I've liked less politicians I've voted for than I have fingers on my hand. But I still vote because the opposition winning is objectively worse than the most milquetoast democrat because they don't want to murder my family, and they can be reasoned with. Taking my ball and going home gains me nothing but risks so much.