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First off, context matters, and the context here is a post about now telling Biden you’ll vote for him no matter what encourages a fucking psychotic strategy Democrats use to stay in power to the detriment of everyone relying on them. Which you’re trying to soften with ‘but don’t forget to vote for him even no matter what!’ Instead of attaching it to one of the fuckillion ‘vote blue no matter who they kill’ posts.

Second, I’m intensely pessimistic about the idea that Biden is someone who can be pushed left. Namely because I’ve been trying for four years and getting politely-worded fuck you letters back. And because he’s explicitly stated he doesn’t believe anyone actually has a problem with what he’s doing, or that it’ll affect their voting come November. And because even before the genocide, he was one flight deck away from doing a George W. Bush impression while declaring mission accomplished on Covid.

Oh, and because I’ve been watching leftists falling into line for the past four years instead of doing anything to push him left. And noticing the push him left rhetoric only comes out when it looks like Republicans might have a shot. Then fades away the moment it requires actual effort. And because I’ve also been watching the solidarity leftists were building over the Trump years collapse like a deck of cards the moment Biden got in power.

btw repeating 'trump is worse' over and over no matter what only incentivises the explicit dem strategy of intentionally boosting far right candidates so they have the worst people on earth to run against. it contributes to a state of politics in which the people on your side go out of their way to bring in candidates who want you dead. you cannot vote your way out of a corrupt electoral system.