Obviously a better candidate would be better, but by the time the general election arrives you only get three choices.
A neoliberal who won’t do enough to actually fix systemic problems and will continue to pamper the corporate class at the expense of the rest of us.
A Fascist who will do the above while also actively pushing authoritarian policy, actively seek to villainize the most vulnerable among us, and actively try to normalize putting anyone who disagrees in concentration camps.
Any vote for neither of the above that has no chance of actually winning the election and is as effective at enacting change as not voting at all.
Right now is absolutely the time to try to push forward the better candidate. Uplift the better option than the neoliberal, get active in the primary campaign, be heard now, because if you wait until the general election it’s too late. Our goal should be to replace the neoliberal on the big ticket. I do not like Gavin Newsome, I do not want him to be president. He has shown his true colors more than a few times. If it comes down to it, though, I’ll vote for whoever isn’t part of the MAGA-Nazi authoritarian regime, because if you don’t pick the lesser evil, you get the greater evil, and they sure as shit won’t be better than the one that just wasn’t good enough.
I’m sure there are a lot of people right now holding their heads up in pride about how they voted for whatever third party option would have been better than Harris, but their pride and conviction to their ideals doesn’t help the people being rounded up by the secret police and sent to the camps. We can’t always fix everything all at once, but that’s no excuse to allow the most egregious evil to run rampant until the perfect solution comes along.
I’m not blaming voters for having a red line on genocide in the 2024 election. Kamala Harris was free to respond to those concerns. I don’t think anybody besides MAGA was happy about what happened during and after the 2024 election.
In our current system, we need to hold candidates and our elected officials accountable for not pushing electoral reform - even on the state-level. How many more decades before it’s on the table?
The blame game that arises every time Democrats lose after not trying to win the election has gotten stale. Voters are simply not responsible for candidates not representing them and choosing to represent corporations over everyone else.
Obviously a better candidate would be better, but by the time the general election arrives you only get three choices.
Right now is absolutely the time to try to push forward the better candidate. Uplift the better option than the neoliberal, get active in the primary campaign, be heard now, because if you wait until the general election it’s too late. Our goal should be to replace the neoliberal on the big ticket. I do not like Gavin Newsome, I do not want him to be president. He has shown his true colors more than a few times. If it comes down to it, though, I’ll vote for whoever isn’t part of the MAGA-Nazi authoritarian regime, because if you don’t pick the lesser evil, you get the greater evil, and they sure as shit won’t be better than the one that just wasn’t good enough.
I’m sure there are a lot of people right now holding their heads up in pride about how they voted for whatever third party option would have been better than Harris, but their pride and conviction to their ideals doesn’t help the people being rounded up by the secret police and sent to the camps. We can’t always fix everything all at once, but that’s no excuse to allow the most egregious evil to run rampant until the perfect solution comes along.
I’m not blaming voters for having a red line on genocide in the 2024 election. Kamala Harris was free to respond to those concerns. I don’t think anybody besides MAGA was happy about what happened during and after the 2024 election.
In our current system, we need to hold candidates and our elected officials accountable for not pushing electoral reform - even on the state-level. How many more decades before it’s on the table?
The blame game that arises every time Democrats lose after not trying to win the election has gotten stale. Voters are simply not responsible for candidates not representing them and choosing to represent corporations over everyone else.