I didn’t say it makes you sound like a Republican. I said it sounds like your paycheck is signed by Republicans, because all you’re doing by discouraging people from voting for the only present threat to Republicans is helping Republicans.
I’m all for making Democrats feel pressure, but this complaining online doesn’t accomplish that. The DNC isn’t scrolling the fediverse to see what online leftists think.
What’s the game plan, they lose and decide to shift left next cycle? That was tried with Hillary, and then we got Biden. Even if it worked it’s still punctuated by 4 years of even further right Republicans. And it doesn’t work, so it’s just 4 years of Republicans for literally no reason. At best you could argue accelerationism, but the people who argue accelerationism are selfish bastards who are never the ones suffering under the acceleration.
You know what works? Voting left in primaries. You want to know how to send a message to Democrats? Literally send them a message. They have email inboxes, they have phone numbers, tell them what they’re doing wrong. Get all your friends to tell them what they’re doing wrong. Get all your friends to vote for progressive candidates in the primaries. And then after the primaries, vote against the Republicans no matter who it is.
Because this? Discouraging voters from damage mitigation? It doesn’t do anything except worsen the damage. It’s exactly the sort of thing an undercover Republican shill would do to win more elections. If they were literally cutting you a check, you wouldn’t be acting any differently.
Focus your complaints in a way that makes a difference, not this short-sighted ideological masturbation.
I didn’t say it makes you sound like a Republican. I said it sounds like your paycheck is signed by Republicans, because all you’re doing by discouraging people from voting for the only present threat to Republicans is helping Republicans.
I’m all for making Democrats feel pressure, but this complaining online doesn’t accomplish that. The DNC isn’t scrolling the fediverse to see what online leftists think.
What’s the game plan, they lose and decide to shift left next cycle? That was tried with Hillary, and then we got Biden. Even if it worked it’s still punctuated by 4 years of even further right Republicans. And it doesn’t work, so it’s just 4 years of Republicans for literally no reason. At best you could argue accelerationism, but the people who argue accelerationism are selfish bastards who are never the ones suffering under the acceleration.
You know what works? Voting left in primaries. You want to know how to send a message to Democrats? Literally send them a message. They have email inboxes, they have phone numbers, tell them what they’re doing wrong. Get all your friends to tell them what they’re doing wrong. Get all your friends to vote for progressive candidates in the primaries. And then after the primaries, vote against the Republicans no matter who it is.
Because this? Discouraging voters from damage mitigation? It doesn’t do anything except worsen the damage. It’s exactly the sort of thing an undercover Republican shill would do to win more elections. If they were literally cutting you a check, you wouldn’t be acting any differently.
Focus your complaints in a way that makes a difference, not this short-sighted ideological masturbation.