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Inviso posted...

However, the mindset of "the Dems are trash, I'm gonna shit all over them and not vote for them" does nothing to help matters. That attitude isn't magically going to make the Dems re-evaluate their political strategy. They're going to see progressives' mass exodus as confirmation of their initial beliefs that the progressive wing can't be relied upon to vote for them, and therefore they need to focus their attention on either appealing super hard to their moderate base and independents, or attempting to depress turnout of the Republicans by offering up a candidate that won't frighten them into voting en masse for four more years of Republican rule.

Again, you are removing agency from Democratic politicians and acting like they are powerless. They have to not lose ANY of their base and that's why the onus should be on them to appeal to progressives every so often. And we are talking really basic shit here like the relief checks and minimum wage increases they literally ran on. Guess what? Not fulfilling campaign promises you made is going to lose them points with EVERYONE. Politicians should rightfully be afraid of that! You're taking issue with progressives being most upset because it just so happens the promises they have the most trouble with are the progressive ones. That's not a coincidence, but it's more indicative of concrete political priorities in Washington DC more than what the nebulous and fickle voters want.

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