That wall of idealism is great if you could get it into the minds and hearts of the majority of voters. I tried myself, back in the late 90s. Seeing Bush win after I stumped for Nader was a sobering wake up call. Can you imagine the guilt I felt protesting Bush’s blood for oil wars knowing that I actively disengaged people from voting for Gore?
FPTP is in control. We are not. We get two choices. Anything else is equivalent to abstention.
Do you know what’s far more possible? Engaging more than 20% attendance in congressional primary elections to replace the centrist Democrats with progressives.
That wall of idealism is great if you could get it into the minds and hearts of the majority of voters. I tried myself, back in the late 90s. Seeing Bush win after I stumped for Nader was a sobering wake up call. Can you imagine the guilt I felt protesting Bush’s blood for oil wars knowing that I actively disengaged people from voting for Gore?
FPTP is in control. We are not. We get two choices. Anything else is equivalent to abstention.
Big changes requires idealism. Will it happen? I don’t know, but I’m just saying these are the strategies that I can see being at least possible.
Do you know what’s far more possible? Engaging more than 20% attendance in congressional primary elections to replace the centrist Democrats with progressives.
That’s literally one of the strategies I mentioned.