The Democrats “aren’t actively rolling us backwards.” This is where we disagree. It’s theratchet effect. The reason the Democrats seem like Republicans from the 70’s and 80’d is because they’re the same. They’re NEVER going left! And voting for them isn’t going to change that. Again, I’m not ceding to fascism. Vote for Joe Biden. But try to understand why someone might be disaffected.
Your vote maintains the Status Quo. Why would Democrats offer ranked choice voting, it is against their interests? I’m not saying vote for Cornel West over Joe Biden in the general election. I’m advocating supporting a third party candidate to force the Democrats to answer to the left.
I don’t think it’s self-defeating. By maintaining the status quo and never giving the left what it actually wants, the Dems doom themselves to this scenario. At some point in the future, voter disillusionment WILL result in a Republican president. Then Fascism will rule. It may happen anyway due to Republican state legislatures and the Supreme Court. All because establishment Democrats won’t give up power. Martin Luther King said it best, “Justice too long delayed, is justice denied.” They want you to wait for change so they can keep bilking corporate coffers. I’m too old to wait any longer. I’m tired of waiting!
I’ve watched this play out my entire life. The Democrats are moving to the right, not the left. They won’t allow reform. Bernie proved that. Voting harder isn’t gonna do it.
Some of us aren’t Democrats. We’ve just never had another choice. I welcome anyone that pushes the conversation more left. If he does get on the ballot as a spoiler, I won’t vote for him. But I can’t fault those who do.
Most boomers aren’t Nazis, they are just victims of capitalism and a poor education system. You and I can see through the capitalist realism. They can’t, or are reactionary when the dissonance created by a changing world confronts them.