• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Right.

    But one thing we should also know is that running a bad candidate who is better than the only other option isn’t enough to decisively beat even the worst possible Republican.

    Voters should have all voted for Kamala even though they didn’t want her to be president due to her policies. That would have mitigated the damage.

    They didn’t do it in 2016 either, and Biden only squeaked thru because Trump was actively in office and Bernie stayed till the end to pull Biden left. If either of those didn’t happen, the strategy would be 0 out of 3.

    It’s clearly not an effective strategy compared to running a candidate who already agrees with Dem voters

    So rather than stomp our feet and being mad at the people we need in 2028, maybe spend the next four years bringing them back into the fold and running a candidate that people actually want to win the election?

    Like, we’ve tried stomping our feet for 8 years now since Hillary, do you think any of that has helped?

    Because to me, it looks like all it accomplishes is increasing donations from people who want Dems to lose, and turning dlteliable Dem voters into non-votets.

    Stop worrying about if you’re right.

    Start worrying about what can win 2028, and if that will actually translate to fixing shit