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Dawg, the democratic party failed to energize it's base by running a center right campaign with a platform of strong boarders, a strong military, and tax cuts. Them failing to get enough votes is there fault for trying to beat voters with the cudgel of trump while offering nothing to most working families. I voted for Kamala, and even I recognize this. I am really tired of seeing a comment like this every time there's a post about trump. The election is over. Rhetoric like this only divides the left further.
Imagine thinking democracy is only your duty if you feel energized by the candidate.
Imagine being a Democracy and deliberately running an unpopular campaign so the financiers keep the money spigot on.
Actually I'm starting to feel convinced the Democrats saw "The Producers" as inspiration.
"You can make more money with a ~~flop~~loss than a ~~hit~~win!"
As long as they keep losing elections, they can keep making money disappear (via laundering it). They sop up all the donations and laugh all the way to the bank, burning LITERAL BILLIONS OF DOLLARS on their cousin-in-law's "strategy consulting firm" and tons of completely ineffectual "vote blue" spam, and pay themselves six-figure "speaking fees".
The solution isn't to just stop voting, though. Voting is merely the least inconvenient, easiest to access tool in the toolbox and the people who left it unused are morons no matter how much ELSE they are doing ABOVE AND BEYOND that. Voting is the bare minimum; you have to do that AND local party organizing, civics, community engagement, nominating candidates for local races.
But if you don't vote TOO, it's like you neglected to wipe your ass. The stink follows you and embarrasses everyone with you.
Completely irrelevant because
I don't think I have any obligation/duty to democracy, given how its going.
"I didn't bother trying to save it, so now it's broken and failing, which justifies my past self not bothering to try and save it"
Liberals aren't left, and the democratic party served its purpose to a T. These people who continue to defend it are too. Both of their purpose is to shift the overton window all the way in to fascism, which they are doing successfully, and have no reason to stop (until the fascist come for them, at which point they will wonder why no one is interested in or even around to help them).
Singling out and attempting to ostracize people who are objectively on your side because they're not as "left" as you is objectively dividing the left. I agree with most of the rest of what you say but that's just devouring the bait hook line and sinker.
Yeah so blaming other leftists who didn't for liberals is really senseless and still divides the left
But those doing the blaming (E: liberals) aren't on the left, and those who are on the left who wouldn't vote for a liberal have no reason to be divided by a lib licking a boot. Libs might be dividing themselves, those who now see through the bullshit will move further to the left, and those who buy in to it will continue moving along with them to the right.
You're arguing to argue, even if you don't realize it. I didn't really say anything about liberals specifically other than they failed with their campaign. You're like, arguing against liberals with someone who said the liberals didn't run a good campaign... Do you like arguing or are you just really worked about about something that's like tangentially related to what I said and that I think you and me would even agree on, If that was what I was actually talking about. I never said liberals were the left you're just.... Being silly.