Oh I see, yes I should clarify. Democrats keep literally winning elections, in addition to sometimes not winning them. Regardless of the result fascism gets no further away.

Let’s not forget Obama, drone striking American citizens and their children without trial or warrant. Or all the money and weapons he gave the Saudis and Israelis to continue the project of violent extermination they were both embarked on. Or the way he aggressively pursued whistleblowers like Manning and Assange who tried to warn the public about the things the government was doing. Nobody forced him to do those things, he did them voluntarily.

Let’s not forget that he rode into power in control of the entire government, both houses of congress, the Court and the executive, and did nothing to enshrine any protection against the reactionaries that he ostensibly dislikes. Why didn’t they codify abortion protections into law? Or take steps to secure voting rights, if those are so important? Why did they piss away their control of, again, ALL of the government? For what, Obamacare?

Why is Joe building the wall for Trump, overturning regulations that protect sacred indigenous sites and wildlife to do so? Why the fuck are the cages still there? Why are we flying Venezuelans back to a country that our country’s policies have turned into a humanitarian disaster?

I cannot reiterate enough how much it’s totally fine if you feel like voting for these people. Do it, if you want, you’ll contribute in an imperceptible way to the total vote count at the end, and that might be satisfying for you or, as I’ve acknowledged a few times, it might even mean some marginal benefit happens sometimes. I mean, not literally, your vote still doesn’t matter, whether you did or not would not have made the difference. But sometimes an okay thing might happen.

I think it’s fine to do that. I think if you want things to change you should look at historically what sorts of things actually had to happen to defeat reactionaries. It’s basically never voting.