• DudleyMason@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Not just no but hellfuck no.

    If you’re a safe vote for the party, there is no reason they should ever even consider what you want when deciding on policy.

    The primaries are the time to push things left.

    The General is the time to punish sliding right.

    Protest votes are exactly what’s needed right now.

    Shit like that is how we got Trump

    This statement tells me that you still don’t understand why Trump was a viable candidate (remember, wannabe fascist strongmen have run in the Republican primary since forever. They didn’t used to get the time of day from GOP primary voters).

    Shit like voting Blue No Matter Who even after the Clintons sold the party body and soul to Wall St is how we got Trump. Ending Welfare as we know it is how we got Trump. Running on codifying Roe and abandoning the idea before the inauguration party hangovers have cleared is how we got Trump. Refusing to prosecute torture under Bush II and extending the Bush Tax Cuts is how we got Trump. Passing “insurance reform” that didn’t create a public option and did give private health insurance corps 5 consecutive quarters of record profits is how we got Trump. Using Ukraine as a pawn to fight a proxy war with Russia is how we got Trump.

    I could go on, but if you refuse to see it with all that then there’s no hope for you anyway.