Although that is true, you were never promised a fair world.

You need to use all your cunning and what little power you have to best negotiate the one you live in. Being able to vote democrats in gave you two parties to play against each other. The option of a lesser evil.

By not voting, and allowing the republicans to stack the supreme court, non-voters gave away their last bargaining chip.

It is not the parties that will burn.

I'd point out the work of Lina Kahn under the Biden administration as head of the FTC was very progressive until it was dismantled by the current corrupt administration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Khan

Democrats need to go back to combating hypercapitalism, that portion of politics was the most popular in all of US history up until the late 1900s.

I can explain it like this: The most popular president in history is either George Washington, or Franklin D Roosevelt. Washington could have been king, but set it aside (undisputed badass). FDR was the only president in history to be elected for more than 2 terms (he was elected as president 4 times). FDR helped usher in those "magical" 95%+ tax rates on millionaires and implemented strict business and wealth restrictions. FDR'S "socialist" programs were insanely popular, even amongst non-democrats... no one could successfully run against him. We need someone like that.

Vote blue no matter who after we purposely screw over the progressive candidate and put in a milque toast corporatist going after the former Tump supporter votes.

These Republican assistants start up earlier and earlier every year with their 'Don't vote' shitick.

Notice how they never advocate for doing anything just making life worse for everyone.

The US is built around a party system (and typically a 2 party system). Like it or not, that's what it is. No amount of crying on the internet is going to change that.

So either burn shit in the streets, or work within the system. Bitching about it while not voting as a "protest" just puts the absolute worst shit hawks in power.

Every fucking day it’s anothe democrat texting me, begging me for more money I don’t have.

I don’t have $5 you fucks. You stole it when you raised my taxes, gave me shit, and then bailed out more billionaire cronies.

The number of negative and/or "just vote for democrats idiot" comments shows how brainwashed and doomed Americans really are.

Nobody's saying that voting for the just a tiny bit slightly less evil party is wrong and you shouldn't do it. What people are saying is that it will solve nothing and lead to no real change. At best it'll result in Americans being ever so slightly less abused on a daily basis. Which is of course better, but still shit. That's the main point.

To most people, it's fine to vote for liars, scumbags, criminals, and pedophiles, as long as they're the least bad available candidates. However, if you're struggling with admitting that they are indeed liars, scumbags, criminals, and pedophiles, and should be at best put in prison, then I'm sorry to say, but there may not be hope for you.

Even if Americans managed to get rid of the entire republican party, and have a government purely made of democrats, it'd still be a far-right government, one of the worst on the planet. Let that sink in. All Americans deserve better. As a matter of fact, all humans deserve a better American government, since it unfortunately impacts us all. But you're not gonna get anything close to a resonably good one by voting. It's just not happening in our lifetimes. Likely not even our children's. If you genuinely wish for a decent life, then you can either leave the country or prepare for mass riots. I know it sucks, but that's the reality Americans - and everybody else - live in.

America is a house on fire... the Republican party is throwing gas and fireworks at it, the Democrats have no idea how to fight a fire and are not sure if it's their job to put out the fire.

You still should vote Democrat but immediately after continue to fight for complete reform

Having said that and witnessing American's reaction to their house being set on fire was basically nothing, I am not holding my breath they won't re-elect republicans and give them a bigger gas canister to finish the job

Yeah. I called it last time a few months early.

I'm happy to rage at how terrible Democrats are. I just also want people to recognize how outwardly horrible Republicans are. I think of Democrats as capitalistic opportunists that see an illogically frothing-mouthed monster, and developed a profit means to fight it forever through virtue signalling.

By all means...that monster shouldn't exist. Not by votes anyway. It has no logical means by which to exist, and it's a cancer not just to Americans but the whole world. No matter how anyone explains it, I'll never understand how people keep voting for them.

Yah I never for that. Republicans in power they can do anything. Democrats in power well we have to follow protocol and tradition and nothing gets done.

Too many comments asking us to vote for the "good cop.". Yes, one cop is a raging asshole punched you in yhe face, and the other cop said "im sorry he's an asshole, here have a cigarette". THEYRE BOTH TRYING TO PUT YOU IN PRISON DONT TALK TO EITHER OF THEM.