You’re absolutely not wrong. And these people that constantly counter anything less progressive than their perfect idea of progressive give me vibes of “spoiling the opposition from both sides” and feel astroturfed a lot of times.
But that said, we fucking need progressive policies and candidates. I myself polished the Overton Window for far too long as discourse kept harming more and more people. We need politicians working passionately for the people and against corporate power. We need to fight for progress and fight even harder against fascism. And we need to convince people along the way. No more status quo. But I’ll be damned if I’ll let perfection stand in the way of improvement.
You’re absolutely not wrong. And these people that constantly counter anything less progressive than their perfect idea of progressive give me vibes of “spoiling the opposition from both sides” and feel astroturfed a lot of times.
But that said, we fucking need progressive policies and candidates. I myself polished the Overton Window for far too long as discourse kept harming more and more people. We need politicians working passionately for the people and against corporate power. We need to fight for progress and fight even harder against fascism. And we need to convince people along the way. No more status quo. But I’ll be damned if I’ll let perfection stand in the way of improvement.
I vote the best I can during primaries and the least worse I can during generals.