While rebutting another post here on Lemmy, I ran into this. This says exactly what I want to say.

I am not a friend of Biden’s Administration. I think they drug their feet over a variety of things ranging from holding Trump and his goons accountable for January 6th through rulemaking on issues like OTC Birth Control and abortion rights, and yes, I think he’s too quick to please big business. But then I remember what the alternative is, and … well, disappointed in Biden or not, I’m voting for him. Because my wife is a Black bisexual goth woman, four strikes under Team Pepe’s tent. And I have my own strikes for marrying her as a White dude, and respecting her right to not have kids since she doesn’t want them is another strike against me. And I care about my Non-Christian, Gay, Transgender, and Minority friends, and will never willingly subject them to Team Pepe.

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    This is a very fair approach. Stop Fascism now, then right after the vote is won, start pushing the party Left.

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      I will almost certainly be voting for Biden, but why on Earth do you think we can push the DNC to the left? “Stop fascism now, then right after the vote is won, start pushing the party Left” has been the calling action for progressives and leftists for decades and the US has gotten more right-wing with time.

      Why is this time any different? Is it finally time to realize that you cannot vote the DNC to the left at the scale required to make actual change?

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        With FPTP voting you literally don’t have a choice. Push for voting reforms first

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          That’s not the question I asked, haha. Voting reform would be nice, of course, but that doesn’t mean it will happen. That’s pure idealism. Voting reform has been pushed for for decades, how do you plan on actually getting voting reform through? Waiting for candidates to magically appear in the DNC and not just third party, and vote for them?

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            If you don’t get voting reform through, you don’t have much leverage at all for much else.

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              I asked how you’re getting it through, are you just saying the answer is to wait for the DNC to get around to it? Because I really hope that isn’t what you’re saying.

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                How are you getting anything else through? If you can push them to make any changes at all, this one should have top priority

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                  I don’t believe you can, which is why I support grassroots organizing. Strike funds, mutual aid, that kinda stuff. The state will not be reformed in a manner that gives workers a meaninful voice, only mild concessions, unless there is massive outside pressure.

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      This is what happened in 2020.

      The party refused to move left. I won’t be suckered into giving up my vote for a procorporate piece of shit again. If Biden wants my vote he’ll fucking work for it.

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        Then please go vote in primaries, midterms, and local elections. That’s how you get the party to move. People complain about their elected officials but only vote once every four years.

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          Yes we complain because there was no excuse to vote for Joe Biden in the 2020 primaries. There were much better options.

          The party has no interest in moving. Thus I have no interest in voting for their trash candidates.

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        Have you considered that leftists have simply done a poor job of working for moderates’ votes?

        This is a two way street. Progressives don’t get moderate votes for granted either, and I say that as a progressive. Perhaps part of the reason why progressives have struggled is because the loud minority would rather talk shit on everyone else instead trying to convince them.

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          Have you considered that leftists have simply done a poor job of working for moderates’ votes?

          Have you considered moderates and liberals have no interest in moving left and will continue to expect our votes while making no material compromises?

          This is a two way street. Progressives don’t get moderate votes for granted either, and I say that as a progressive. Perhaps part of the reason why progressives have struggled is because the loud minority would rather talk shit on everyone else instead trying to convince them.

          I’m fine with this if that’s what you want. Get Biden re-elected without us. If you fail take full responsibility.

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            Do you actually care about progressive causes, or do you just want to be right and win one over against the moderates and centrists, yell at them and feel good about yourself?

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              Lol are you worried we feel good about ourselves? Suicide rates are at record highs. Don’t you worry about us feeling good. We don’t.

              That doesn’t change facts though. Moderates, centerists, liberals or whatever else they want to call themselves are the majority of the party. Millions of them voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 primaries over the numerous better options. We are all in this position because of their decisions. They are responsible for what’s happening.