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You spelled "behold the fruits of people who don't vote because they think politicians will notice or be able to care, but it only drives candidates right to capture more voting power" wrong
Edit: Okay this comment is very controversial. The thing I said above is a basic fact. If a group markets itself as unreliable voters, politicians will stop trying to get their vote over more reliable voters. Your vote matters. Your vote matters. Go fucking vote.
Edit 2: biden is currently not touting his more left-wing accomplishments (and oh boy there are a lot of then) to try and get more cwntrost votes, because the far left is currently "But Isreal" which is valid but trump is NOT better.
Edit 2a: sorry about that. I many go say "them" instead of "then" and centrist instead of "cwntrost" which us the word a catboy says instead of "contrast"
You see what you want to see.
What does this mean?
I vote every election.
Progressives are sidelined because the party is run by conservative shit.
Since we can be safely ignored, don't blame us when your shit candidates lose. We told you they were shit.
"Essential" means "safe to ignore"?
This has never and will never be my position. I get that you want perfect unwavering happy silence from your left and only your left, but that's because your party never disappoints you.
Weird because a whole bunch of us showed up for a primary where there wasn't any choice and still voted uncommitted. The dem response to that is to shriek we want trump to win, because it turns out they don't care about our values just that we check the box that keeps them in power.
Ensign crab is notorious for being clear as mud.
Oh
Since you know what I mean to write instead of me, you tell me.
It was sarcastic bro