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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Let me put this another way, if the group you consider the minority is big enough to swing the election, you need to say and do something to earn their vote.

Thats all there is to it.

You can disagree and say the threat of Republicans is enough, but we all know its not, the party with more apathetic voters loses.

It SHOULD be enough. Unfortunately, Democratic voters are politically stupid. GOP voters are stupid, full stop, but they understand politics. They understand that they need to vote for their guy, or the other guy will win. They don't need to vote for policy, they just need to vote AGAINST the Democrats. The fact that the Dems don't have that kind of blind loyalty is good from a "not having an authoritarian dictator" perspective, but it winds up fucking us over time and time again.

Also, again, if appeasing 20-35% of the party's potential voters alienates the other 65-80%, then that's a bad strategy, and it's ultimately a more likely losing strategy. Especially if the options are "I'm going to give you 10 dollars" (Progressives), "I'm going to take 10 dollars from you" (GOP), and "I'm not going to take any money for you, but I'm not giving you anything either" (Moderates), where the moderates are factually less damaging to the progressives than the GOP.

Like, you get pissed off when I make comments saying you should just vote Democrat no matter what, but at the very least, the Democrats are MORE progressive than the Republicans, so you're better off under the Dems. But like, can you understand that your attitude is basically treating moderates the same way you believe they're treating you, with the added downside that it's far less damaging for THEM if the GOP takes power over the Dems?

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