We won't gain a single vote in 2022 by running around yelling "our democracy is nearly dead." That kind doomsday hysteria will COST us votes. If yelling this kind of stupid shit is your strategy, please rethink your strategy, or think about leaving political activism entirely.
Even if you THINK our democracy is nearly dead – which it's not, but even if you think that – you don't use it as slogan. Winning elections is about marketing your side to less enthused folks who are vaguely on your side and need motivation to go out and vote for your side.
Who feels excited to get up off the couch and vote for the side that' yelling some variation of "we're all gonna die, we're doomed"? NO ONE. You're unwittingly telling them that all hope is lost anyway, so there's no point in bothering to vote. You're telling them to stay home.
If you're running around telling anyone who will listen that "our democracy is nearly dead," you're not trying to get them to go out and vote. You're just blowing smoke up your own ass. You get off on the adrenaline rush of doomsday hysteria, so you like spreading it.
If you're just in it for the adrenaline rush of doomsday hysteria, please get out. There are other walks of like where you can behave like that and do no harm to anyone. But in politics, you do extreme harm with that doomsday bullshit. EXTREME HARM.
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