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This is exactly the kind of shit that keeps Republicans in power. Liberals/Democrats can't agree on anything. The 2 party system is a problem at the system level, but attempts to divide the resistance against certain fascism are attempts to undermine democracy itself. Until there is the political willpower to dismantle the Electoral College, we will never, ever be rid of the 2 party system. Until that orange shitstain is behind bars or politically ruined or dead, we must continue to fucking compromise, which means that Ole' Joe Biden must have our undying support for one more election. After that, the whole Democratic party can burn to the ground.
The big assumption here is that whoever republicans put forward next will be better. I generally agree that we all need to vote to prevent fascism but I want to believe there is a line somewhere, cause now it feels like both parties are moving more and more right each election and sooner or later just being more left than the obvious fascist is not going to be good enough.
Already, even if we both want the left to have a unified front, the far left are splintering from the increasingly centrist Dems and the seeming only legal democratic way to convince the party to stop putting forward such centrist options is for that segment to stop voting for them.
I understand that doing that in this election has too high a risk of ending democracy altogether. I just wish I had more confidence that wouldn't also be true in 2028 and 2032 etc.
That is a system problem that requires a system solution. We won't have any options if Trump is in office again.