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A lot of people can die in four years while you're trying to figure shit out.
A lot of people can also die when fascism takes over because you didn't try to figure shit out, and that's the problem with vote blue no matter who: Democrats are woefully underequipped to stop fascism, so allowing them to coopt all left-leaning voices was always going to end in disaster. Coercing the Democrats into becoming less horrible was the only way to get out of this with American democracy intact, but that requires taking a more antagonistic stance than "vote blue no matter who".
I agree with you, but you can do both things. You can vote for the lesser evil while working towards a party that actually represents leftists ideals. The all or nothing mindset is why we have a fascist in office currently.
Here's the thing: To work towards such a party you need to have both a carrot and a stick; surrendering unconditionally and hoping they'll generously grant you the opportunity to represent your leftwing ideals was always folly. In 2024 the DNC basically gave a massive middle finger to progressives, multiple in fact, which was going to lead to disaster if someone somewhere didn't whack them over the head and force them to change course. Uncommitted was supposed to be that, but they were met with scorn by people who kept screaming "vote blue no matter who." Well here's the thing: "vote blue no matter who" destroys Democrat turnout, because to your average voter voting for a party that stands for nothing is a very hard sell. It was change the Democrats while there was still time or bust, and America chose bust. There was no winning with a Democratic party that, to reiterate, stood and still stands for nothing.
Non-voters were predominantly moderates, not leftists, so no. The people you're trying to criticize here for the most part voted for Harris.
And your solution is knowing they're under equipped and knowingly helping fascism to power regardless?
Sounds stupid.
The thing is: There are people who are well-equipped to stop fascism; the Democrats just hate their guts. Forcing the Democrats to accept those people and their ideas was the only way forward, which is what people like Uncommitted tried to do and were met with scorn for. Now we're at the only logical conclusion of "vote blue no matter who".
You're a prime example of not letting things get better because they won't be perfect. You're part of the problem.
Better? What the heck is "better"? Is putting Republicans in a Democratic president's cabinet "better"? Is completing the border wall "better"? Is supporting genocide and cracking down on protests "better"? Is the "most lethal army in the world" better? Biden failed all the most important tests put before him, and Harris was campaigning on being worse than Biden. There's at least a conversation to be had if we're talking lesser evil, but better? No fucking way.