I’m being aggressively reminded that “The two parties are not the same and voting for one or the other produces meaningfully different results” is an objectionable statement for many who consider themselves to be on the Left, and I struggle to express how depressing I find that.
And this at a moment in which the survival of American democracy - severely flawed as it is, but at least somewhat closer to becoming a multiracial, pluralistic democracy than at any other point in U.S. history - depends on the center-Left and the Left uniting against the Right.
Been thinking a lot about the near-vanishing of democracy in interwar Europe. A key factor almost everywhere was that, while conservatives made common cause with the Far-Right, the Center-Left and the Left did not stand together to push back against the authoritarian onslaught.
I’m getting way too many “It doesn’t matter who wins, nothing is going to change anyway” replies - I’m pretty sure there are a lot of people whose lives will be very meaningfully affected if a revanchist White nationalist movement gets back to power.
I’m looking at states that are controlled by Republicans, the way they are all in on voter suppression, upholding patriarchal rule, entrenching a White nationalist understanding of history - and I just don’t see how anyone would conclude it doesn’t matter who is in charge.
One more thing: “Democrats won't allow fundamental change” is a criticism I'm getting a lot. Ok. But we need to grapple with the fact that the Right certainly *is* determined to make some fundamental changes, aiming to turn the clock back to full-on 1950s herrenvolk democracy.
I’ll post a proper follow-up reflection soon, but much of what I’m getting is basically this: A perspective on U.S. politics that is so unabashedly white male, not only inadequate analytically, but displaying a remarkable lack of solidarity with traditionally marginalized groups. 
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