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What super secret strategy? I've laid out my very simple belief on the matter, repeatedly, and on a public forum.
If my vote isn't a big deal, than why are you devoting so much time trying to convince me otherwise?
I never said don't vote. I've said I won't support the establishment DNC, or Biden, but that I will continue to support progressive/left candidates who would be beholden to voters, and not special interests/machine politics.
Compromise to what end? That is what you're not understanding. When in the last 30 years has that not lead to us being worse off?
I get it, you're happy to manage our decline into a full blown neoliberal gilded age 2.0 hellscape, on the off chance that it helps to staves off full blown fascism. I'm not judging you for making that choice, but I do disagree with it.
I don't see how the unending shifting of the Democratic party to the right, just to remain slightly to the left the GOP, doesn't end up with the exact situation you're trying to fend off.
So, as I said, I'm going to use the only voice I have, my vote, to support the only viable path that might prevent the outcome that you claim you're trying to avoid, but really, are just easing into a bit more gently.
I'm not trying to convince you, I'm offering a counterpoint to the other 3 people that might read this and otherwise think your strategy goes without question. I just don't understand how you can support a bunch of progressives that largely, if not exclusively, vote for Biden/Hillary as needed, seemingly agreeing with them in everything except this critical point where they make obviously correct choices to vote for least harm. Why wouldn't you just listen to their reasoning? What makes you think you're right on this?
The reason things get shittier is because shitty people like Bush and Trump get elected. The way to defeat them is to actually defeat them, not let them win and hope for a progressive uprising. I don't see how moving backwards helps you move forwards, that's all.