Iβm engaging in this as a history major, because the discourse in the reblogs and tags gets into it pretty well-
But the only thing that has ever made a political party in the United States change is significant voter flight. Voters choosing to let the worse party take over for a bit to disenfranchise the enabling party and establish footholds with a new party.
An example of this is the Whig party. Which are essentially the democrats today-they desperately tried to hold onto the balance and play ball and reach across the isle, and people got sick of their enabling slavery and its expansion. Yes the years before the republicans were able to gain ground saw further advancements and appeasement of slavery, but without showing it wasnβt possible to maintain power/keep their seats, the Whig party wouldnβt have changed/dissolved.
(You can even look at the current Republican Party as an example of how they had to change in order to win because they couldnβt get enough support)
Trust me I know the political landscape isnβt the same today and political funding is so skewed and dictated by corporations and private interests.
But the fact of the matter is, the lesser of 2 evils is how we are here and stay here. Itβs how we lost roe and other protections. Itβs why we have the boarder crisis and mistreatment, itβs why weβre appeasing/helping Isr*el. All. Of. It.
If there is no impetus to change, they wonβt.
There are some democrats that have responded to the demands of the people and are actually trying, but the old guard is holding us back from positive change.
No one with empathy or a proper grasp of economics/history wants trump. But the power the democrats need most is in the house and senate.
I have seen my rights go away and religious bias seep into politics all while democrats held power/the majority. They had plenty of time and opportunity to codify roe and didnβt. They had opportunities to do so much and havenβt.
I donβt think weβre at the election yet that it will be effective to take a stand across the board, Especially because the cost of the alternative is so steep.
(My vote in Texas essentially doesnβt count for president, so I have the privilege of protest voting against Biden.)
But we as a collective, will have to reconcile how much we are willing to appease, how many miles we are willing to concede just because itβs not quite as bad.
Just because one person tightens the shackles less than another, doesnβt mean youβre not still in chains.
Just because one person is less fascist doesnβt mean they arenβt still a fascist.
Yes keep being loud, keep protesting and boycotting (especially boycotting!), keep calling your representatives. The rights and laws we have in this country were not established through appeasement.
All of that is necessary, but at some point change will only come from radical pressure.