It seems we’re going around in circles.
Until the 49% that vote the party line every single election decide to vote Libertarian or Green, that is what we’re going to get.
It doesn’t matter that this time the conservative in sheep’s clothing is a woman and a person of color. The result will be the same.
Unfortunately, I don’t think voting is going to be what changes any of this, sadly. At least, not on a federal level.
That, and I don’t think I want to see the Libertarians win either, if I’m honest.
Same. The Libertarians are scary in their own right.
The point is, nothing will change without the upset of the established order.
I mean, think about it. A week ago 99% of voters were arguing for two clearly brain-damaged candidates who support child genocide. Both sides also theink they’re the good guys.
Generally I agree with you, but a week ago (and even before that) 65% of Democrats were against Biden continuing in the race, not arguing for him.
I do think that the DNC isn’t going to budge without a voter revolt (which this essentially was, though not nearly far enough), but I think throwing that support to Libertarians or Green Party is a mistake; they’re no more beholden to actually act on voter demands than anyone else, and making one of them President means either a) abandoning any hope of party-line support from congressional democrats, or b) forcing a coalition-building exercise in congress, which is more likely to make them shift Rightwards.
We need to do to the DNC what Trump did to the RNC, from the Left. Kamala isn’t that- obviously- but Biden and the DNC (once again) fucked us out of being able to do anything about that (and not just because of Biden’s belated withdrawl, but because they didn’t hold a real primary in the first place). Kamala’s saving grace is that she at least is more likely to beat Trump, which Biden had no chance of.
And frankly, there aren’t any good candidates I can think of to banner a reform movement now that Bernie is too old. I’d love for AOC, Omar, or Tlaib to run, but I don’t get the impression they want to. And apart from them, I’m not sure who I actually believe would reform the system. We need that person, or we’re just going to risk handing power over to another Sinema.
