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Sure, but as far as what we can control right now, let's elect some fucking Democrats please
How much longer will this be a cookie cutter answer?
Until there are enough grassroots progressive candidates to take over the democratic party the same way the tea party movement took over the republican party, and finally some progressive initiatives can pass into law, such as eliminating FPTP.
Please don't take the "just vote democrats into office" answer to mean "sit tight and do nothing but vote" when voting is really the bare minimum activism you should be doing to preserve a democratic system.
I just wonder how patient US voters are, for the changes you project.
Does it matter? Most voters have no attention span. They aren't revolutionaries. They aren't going to take to the streets no matter how bad things get. Stop trying to change people who aren't going to change when you lack the influence to change them in the first place, and focus on trying to leverage what you've got as productively as you can.
Build your cadres, make the change you can, and make lemonade from the lemons you've got.
Let’s get Democrats controlling all three branches of government for more than 30 seconds to start.
And by "controlling" we mean "supermajority" thanks to the veto and filibuster.
And will things magically be better? Well, better, yes, good, no. First, it takes a lot of time to undo the harm fascists have done. And second, our oligarchs would still be in control, pushing for their needs above ours.
So we need to....... solve....... our oligarch problem AND win a supermajority AND then We the People need to push that Overton window back to the left, forcing our politicians to serve our needs.
.......which is why I say we're pretty fucked. But that's what needs to happen, anyway.
Yeah, we need more John Fettermans and Joe Manchins and Krysten Cinemenmas.
Right. So the alternative to those is more Marco Rubios, Mike Johnsons, MTG, etc etc etc etc. All of whom are much worse.
We need better people running for office that get financial support from the people, but when it comes down to the general election, whatever addhats made it that far, the Democrat is going to be BY FAR the better pick 99.9% of the time. And if the Republican is truly better, sure, vote for them, but remember that at the party level, Republicans are the ones bringing us fascism.
The point - the entire fucking point - is people saying "Don't vote for the Fetterman/Manchin/etc in the general election" help the fascists win. Of course it's shitty options, but you want to pick the LESS. FUCKING. SHITTY. OPTIONS.