NoneOfUrBusiness

If people aren't ready for a full swing-around to progressive politics

Umm... they absolutely are. Almost every progressive policy position you can think of is supported by the majority of Americans. You'll piss off reactionaries, but you'll always piss off reactionaries; that's why they're reactionaries.

Sudden change can lead to backlash by people who hate change, but slow change can dig far deeper hooks with less resistance.

Realistically this only works one way. You can trick your average person into being the frog in the boiling pot, but the rich and powerful (aka the people you're actually pissing off with progressive politics)? Absolutely not. They're on to that stuff, that's why progress always comes (or at least starts) with large movements and flashy acts of resistance; slow progress will simply fizzle into nothing or be rolled back faster than yuu can push for it. Also "you can have human rights but you have to Wait™" is always going to piss off people, who will flock to whoever promises (truthfully or not) to get them what they want now. People can tolerate incompetent leaders, but not ineffectual leaders.

I will pick a less perfect candidate that will help protect those around me.

And uh... are those around you protected now, or are they at the mercy of the Gestapo like everyone else in America? See my point now? There's nothing such as protecting people in order; either everyone is protected or no one is. For example since we're talking about Palestine, according to post-election polling Gaza playing a major role in costing Harris the election. You're simply not special enough to be protected before everyone else; either you scratch others' backs so they scratch yours or both you and others end up with itchy backs in a concentration camp. Genocidal warmongers are not going to protect you.

Would you vote for someone who calls out the genocide of the Palestinian people but would also destroy social services where you live that you might rely on?

First, I don't want someone who calls out the genocide; I want someone who does something about it. Second, did you miss the part where I said injustice everywhere needs to be opposed? If such a person existed, I'd pressure them to change their position (before voting for them).

Explanation please?

We've seen the power of creeping change,

Uh... when, exactly? The past half century of American politics has been an unmitigated disaster on all fronts other than maybe LGBT rights.

Frankly voting at this point is more about getting committed progressives into positions of power where they can resist MAGA fascism. There's no way the fascists will actually let you vote them out.

Pretending Cheney had anything useful to say was rehabilitating him. It's like quoting Hitler on animal rights.

The fact you never see these stories about progressives is all the explanation you'll ever need for why America is doomed.

Literally yes.

This is largely a "system is broken, but in order to remove the limitations we need to work inside the system"

The second half of that statement isn't really true. You can get a lot done with a general strike.

Good fucking riddance.

I hope it can be done without more violence.

I hope the sky will rain pizza and world peace, but realistically nah.