Votes in high population states count less than votes in low population states, because of the electoral college, but they still count.
This isn’t about placating the Democrats. It’s about not using minorities as currency for a moral victory over the Democrats. The moral victory may feel good, but it isn’t useful. A moral victory will not prevent key tipping points in the Earth’s ecosystem that will cause catastrophic damage to the environment. Nor will it protect minorities from the fascists who want to kill them.
Hopefully the 10 million people will learn to leverage power by voting for the Democrats in elections even if they don’t get anything out of it. Because we all have something to lose by Republicans taking power in the short term. Even if we won’t all feel it until the long term.
The Democratic Party does need a populist narrative to appeal to a broader base, but the Democrats are unlikely to listen. The party needs to be hijacked the way Trump hijacked the Republican Party and the way Bernie tried to hijack the Democratic Party. Part of doing that is delaying fascism so that there are still elections and people to run against fascists. edit: typo
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Votes in high population states count less than votes in low population states, because of the electoral college, but they still count.
This isn’t about placating the Democrats. It’s about not using minorities as currency for a moral victory over the Democrats. The moral victory may feel good, but it isn’t useful. A moral victory will not prevent key tipping points in the Earth’s ecosystem that will cause catastrophic damage to the environment. Nor will it protect minorities from the fascists who want to kill them.
Hopefully the 10 million people will learn to leverage power by voting for the Democrats in elections even if they don’t get anything out of it. Because we all have something to lose by Republicans taking power in the short term. Even if we won’t all feel it until the long term.
The Democratic Party does need a populist narrative to appeal to a broader base, but the Democrats are unlikely to listen. The party needs to be hijacked the way Trump hijacked the Republican Party and the way Bernie tried to hijack the Democratic Party. Part of doing that is delaying fascism so that there are still elections and people to run against fascists. edit: typo