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We are in the current mess because the liberal ratchet effect keeps shifting the Overton window. They are in lockstep with Republicans in the march to the right, filling the void left by Republicans as they move. 50 years of liberal 'lesser evil' has resulted in incremental fascism
So, what is your solution?
Sure, there are views that Democrats have shifted right on, but there are just as many that have stayed in place or even moved left.
Like it or not, the "lesser of two evils" approach is the only viable option right now, even if progress is only minor and incremental. The Overton Window isn't going to make an impossible jump to socialism overnight.
In the words of James Baldwin
He said this in 1984, all his life he was told, like you are trying to tell me, it takes time. Incrementalism only helps the ones in power at our expense.
There is no lesser evil, each small amount of evil accepted allows a slightly larger amount of evil next time. Compounded over 50 years that lesser evil now denies theres a genocide occurring in Gaza, it allows an ever growing homeless population, it allows unquestioned income inequality. "Lesser evil' translates to the same evil but impacts me less.
Liberals never ask what is your solution for the intent of knowledge or new information, they ask that to stop the conversation. They believe the only path forward is for reform and reform is the surefire way to guaranteed failure.