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    If you don’t vote for the centrist candidate, you can’t object to the right extremist.

    Actually this does track that a lot of what I see online is people who seem unwilling to compromise: neither are what I want so both the same. You need to be willing to vote for the one closest to what you want, and work toward moving that leftward over time.

    We had a huge success with “The Squad” getting enough attention before Biden’s first nomination to influence the party platform. As a minority voter, this path is more likely to succeed than not voting

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      If you don’t vote for the centrist candidate, you can’t object to the right extremist.

      You absolutely can. Voting is not the extent of political action.

      Actually this does track that a lot of what I see online is people who seem unwilling to compromise: neither are what I want so both the same. You need to be willing to vote for the one closest to what you want, and work toward moving that leftward over time.

      You can’t move right-wingers left through thoughts and prayers, this is astrology.

      We had a huge success with “The Squad” getting enough attention before Biden’s first nomination to influence the party platform. As a minority voter, this path is more likely to succeed than not voting

      And yet they accomplish nothing and are kept like barking dogs on leashes. The electoral process is a filter, it prevents radical change. See how the monsters treat Rashida Tlaib.

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        You can’t move right-wingers left

        Exactly. If you have to chose between right wing and centrist , elect the centrist and move them a bit to the left. prepare to do this through multiple elections

        And yet they accomplish nothing

        And yet President Biden is very centrist but has passed some of the most far reaching changes ever on the environment, renewable energy, unionization, etc.

        An example of both is climate change regulation. Legislation passed during Biden’s term should get us about halfway to our net carbon goal. A pessimist may focus on that not being nearly enough, but I see a new center, where we can have more success working on more substantial change

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          Exactly. If you have to chose between right wing and centrist , elect the centrist and move them a bit to the left. prepare to do this through multiple elections

          The Greens are the centrists, if you’ll vote Green I will. How do you plan on moving them left, though? Thoughts and prayers?

          And yet President Biden is very centrist but has passed some of the most far reaching changes ever on the environment, renewable energy, unionization, etc.

          Biden is a right-wing Neoliberal, lmao. He has not passed some of the most “far reaching changes ever” on any of those subjects, that’s an insult to leftists everywhere. He’s a failure on all accounts to meaningfully address those issues.

          An example of both is climate change regulation. Legislation passed during Biden’s term should get us about halfway to our net carbon goal. A pessimist may focus on that not being nearly enough, but I see a new center, where we can have more success working on more substantial change

          “Biden failed to do what was necessary, when other countries have exceeded what was necessary. Here’s why that’s a good thing”

          Lmao