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The "good" news is that this is not a uniquely American problem. You just aren't paying attention to other countries' elections.
That said? The key, like in almost all things, is to work with your local party. Folk deeply underestimate the value of having someone in the room (when the cameras are off) saying "Can we maybe not explicitly endorse genocide?" or "People want their tax dollars to go to something that matters". The DSA have finally started to realize that and it is doing wonders. Find the locals who actually would be good candidates and push them in the primaries. And... it gets more than a bit sketchy, but there are also efforts to "import" candidates to some districts with the goal of running them after they "put down roots" for a year or three.
The problem is that people don't want to do that. MAYBE they'll send a text but they expect The Party to provide exactly what they want with no prodding. And, to be fair, for a lot of the most basic of things... the Democrats really shouldn't need to be told. But that leads to people like platner. Borderline sociopaths who just want power who will come out of nowhere, flash some cash, say words they know will get the influencers to talk about them, and win.
Like... it isn't THAT WKUK skit, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtJuiTAR29E kinda sums things up.