Progressives are correct that the Dems will never stop fucking them over if they keep unconditionally supporting that party. What they fail to take into account is that the Dems will also keep fucking them over if they DON'T support the party. Because they're fine with losing.
Progressives assume that they have negotiating power because they assume, wrongly, that the Democratic Party exists to win elections. It doesn't. The Democratic Party exists, first and foremost, to sabotage the left.
A Democratic Party leader retains their status and donors regardless of who wins an election. But if the left ever succeeded in taking over the party and implementing anti-oligarchic policies, that would end. Given this, who do you think party leaders perceive as the real threat?
Staying with the Dems is a losing strategy, but so is removing your votes with the hopes of influencing them. This is because the answer has never been in electoral politics, one way or the other. It's an illusory construct built to distract from reality.
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You can't. We've established that that door is bolted shut. There are many within the party who'd like you to THINK that you can, but you can't. What you CAN do is wake people up to the reality that the entire US political system is rigged for plutocracy.
The question of whether or not you should vote for Biden is as relevant as the question of whether or not you should play Super Smash Bros. It doesn't matter; it's a made-up game with no impact on the real world. But it does distract from things which COULD make a difference.
