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I did vote for the "bad centrist Democrat" and where did that get us? Right here, where we are now.
How about you, instead of voting for the centrist Republican in Democrat clothes, actually vote for a Democrat.
Stop blaming people that want to vote for better candidates and blame the party that refuses to give us better candidates.
On voting day, you have a choice. Vote for the evil empire or vote for the opposition. I'm not sure what you think voting for Uncle Earl waving a happy face flag off to the side is going to accomplish. Moral victories are only victories if the morals actually have victories. We all knew what the choices were in 2024. Any anyone who didn't vote for Harris in the general election voted for what we got. End of story.
You know how you get a government that reflects your morals? You start by electing a government that actually gives a shit about you in the first place, not by writing in someone who will never be your government.
You're not getting it... That's exactly what I'm trying to do.
If you haven't noticed, the current centrist Dem party isn't doing much. Yet you want me to keep voting for the people that aren't doing much.
I'm not going to vote for them anymore. Get as mad as you want, but if the Dems want my vote then they better fucking earn it.
People like you keep saying how important this election is yet want us to keep doing the same shit over and over. Get a fucking clue already, the Dem platform is unpopular and a losing one. It needs to change.
No, I want you to vote against the people who literally hate you and want to take everything from you to make you a slave. And in the general elections, that means voting Democrats. If you don't like who's being presented then actively work for the people who you do like, and help them win the primaries. People like me didn't make the system we have, but we're stuck with it. And now we have Trump actively working to destroy free and fair elections, ICE deporting hard working legal immigrants, JFK Jr. destroying our health department, the wife of the owner of WWE dismantling the department of education, etc. etc. etc. because god forbid we elect a woman who isn't a communist. And here I thought the Inflation Reduction Act and student loan forgiveness were actually good things.
You realize all the horrible things that you're mentioning only happened because the Dem party got complacent. They started expecting our votes instead of earning them.
As I said, if a Dem ever wants my vote again then they will have to earn it.
Why are you so against candidates earning a vote?