General Discussion

Furthermore, when the most progressive administration in decades watches as many progressives turn their backs on it, and then we all watch as Republicans win election after election on their way to sweeping control of the federal government, you think the reaction is going to be, "hey, let's double down on winning over notoriously fickle and unreliable voters that are quick to abandon us" or is it going to be, "hey, let's try to win over those voters that voted for Republicans and actually propelled them to victory?"

Yes, the Overton window has probably shifted rightward in certain regards here in the U.S., but it's because in the face of ever-increasing Republican extremism, a sizable segment of the left chose to not fight back or -- even worse -- fight back against those that are also on the left.

Our nation would be quite different today had those on the left that could have voted for Gore, Hillary, and Kamala did so rather than Nader, Stein, and others that had zero fucking chance of becoming president.