But if we target both parties now, voting for a third party or not at all, we not only won't get better Democrats, but we'll be saddled with the authoritarian Republicans that dominate our system now. "Vote for us or you'll get even worse" is how, sadly, we got here. It's what the Democrats have been saying since at least, hum, 1988? Given the degenerate point to which the system has fallen, though, I agree with this in terms of the Presidency. But not anywhere further down.
If you're wondering what I'd like to see happen - I realise it won't, of course - is this: I'd like to see the 15 Senators and probably 40-60 Representatives who actually believe in this stuff split off and form a new party. Go head and announce that they'll caucus with the Democrats, sure, that's fine; be coalition partners, of a sort. But be a separate party that doesn't fuck around like the Democrats do on this matter. Until there's an active leadership voice specifically for these things, this won't get fixed.
And I am very much not expecting big changes "when it's safe" next year - after all, why would they, when this "won" them more seats and (semi-)power? They'll keep doing what brought them into office until it doesn't bring them into office anymore.
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"Vote for us or you'll get even worse" is how, sadly, we got here. It's what the Democrats have been saying since at least, hum, 1988? Given the degenerate point to which the system has fallen, though, I agree with this in terms of the Presidency. But not anywhere further down.
If you're wondering what I'd like to see happen - I realise it won't, of course - is this: I'd like to see the 15 Senators and probably 40-60 Representatives who actually believe in this stuff split off and form a new party. Go head and announce that they'll caucus with the Democrats, sure, that's fine; be coalition partners, of a sort. But be a separate party that doesn't fuck around like the Democrats do on this matter. Until there's an active leadership voice specifically for these things, this won't get fixed.
And I am very much not expecting big changes "when it's safe" next year - after all, why would they, when this "won" them more seats and (semi-)power? They'll keep doing what brought them into office until it doesn't bring them into office anymore.