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If the Democrats have any self-interest in holding power, they'll actually try strategies to regain power. If they lose in 2024 by a percentage that is covered by the green party, they could conclude it's easier to go left and get Green members rather than pull people from the Trump cult. I'd agree with these future Democrats, I think you'd have very, very little success pulling people from the Trump cult.
Especially if the people who voted green in 2024 have previously voted Democrat, it showcases that these people are willing to go Democrat if certain material concessions are made.
I wish that could be the case, but there won't be another election if Democrats lose, at least for the presidency. A fascist takeover is an explicit campaign promise for Trump. Thinking there's a strategy for Democrats to regain power through elections shows how little you know. We have to take Trump at his word considering how honest he was in his original campaign.
We're on the edge of that cliff even if Biden wins reelection, as local Republican officials are working overtime to enshrine their power and enact as many evil policies as possible. No abortions, trans people, regulations, taxes, you name it. They're enacting unpopular shit because most Republicans don't even think about policy. This isn't a future threat, it's already here. I'm not predicting doom as much as describing the current state of things.
We don't have good options. We don't have wiggle room. We don't have votes to spare. The Republicans are seriously considering invading Mexico & crashing the economy with blanket tariffs that benefit no economic perspective, only accelerationist political goals. They're halting legislation in Blue states with bomb threats, and no one is going to stop them. The insanity is here. The book burnings are here. The brownshirts are here. The oppression isn't hypothetical, so please do what can be done to alleviate it.
No we don't, I've never done this and I'm not going to start now. He's already tried and failed to seize power as a sitting president. He's proven he's too incompetent to become a fascist dictator.
I won't go as far to say as it's literally impossible, but the fact that so many liberals now believe in Trump's ability to overthrow the government just as much as his own supporters is baffling. He's not a reliable source of information. He's not intelligent, and he's not capable. He's an old, pathetic moron that is on the verge of dying due to age, not some capable fascist mastermind.
He doesn't need to be. He has the help of the entire Republican party, meaning they'll be about 60% successful. Issue is, 60% means a lot of death, as someone being stupid doesn't make them harmless. It's like claiming we shouldn't worry about climate change because humanity will survive. That isn't the point ffs.
Also, you fail to address the fact that PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW IN REPUBLICAN AREAS. Wake the fuck up! Democrats are shit, yet that doesn't mean Republicans aren't pure evil.
On top of that, what do you honestly think would replace a fascist state after it falls apart? Some utopia, or a liberal democracy trying to restore the same fucking system we have now? If the system doesn't fail on its own merits, fewer people will recognize that it needs to be replaced.
Your strategy is pure emotion without any foresight, and if a single local Republican gets elected because you didn't vote, you'll have allowed needless suffering like the Democrats that run shitty right wing strategies and ignore their base. You both could have been better, but all I hear are pathetic excuses.