“collective goals”

It’s such a tacked-on dipshit solution that will fail the first time it is tested. “But we had an agreement! A compact!” a little more than half the nation will say while [insert swing state that goes GOP] laughs and makes Trump’s illegitimate rape baby raised by inbred cannibals POTUS.

First order of business for whoever replaces that twat Jeffries in 2027, bring back remote/proxy voting. There are so many antiquated aspects to our government that desperately need updating. Remote voting is far from the most important, but it is the one that will help make the others a reality.

Hey look, yet another GQP talking point that boils down to not understanding (or willfully dismissing) the idea of consent. Rapists one and all.

it’s too haaaaaard

Bro, people have been doing what you’re doing for those decades too. How’s that working out?

Back to what I was actually saying, since you somehow read my words and arrived at the opposite conclusion, the system needs to change. Ranked choice voting is a good example of a “modest reform” I mentioned. It has already gained some traction in the US and scared the shit out of the GOP so badly they started passing bogus laws to ban it elsewhere. That one reform, which is highly doable, would completely fix your issue with strategic voters.

So instead of hoping the big party will chase those third party votes or hoping maybe next election, work toward real change that will fix the problem.

Ah, operating how you wish the system works (and how it could work with modest reform) instead of how it actually works. Skipping steps always turns out great!

Voting for a third party is only valid if a movement, a real one, forms around it.

This? You seem to be using voting and support interchangeably? There is a heck of a lot more you can do to support a movement than waiting around until voting day.

Waiting for a third party person to get support before you support them kills any chance of a movement right away

Tell us you didn’t read what you’re replying to without telling us.

Sorry, I would help you out there but I was banned from r/democrats for saying Biden shouldn’t run for re-election and was spoken to like a child and made persona non grata at my local democratic party meeting for saying we should actually get people on the ballot in every race. Granted, the later was over a decade ago so maybe some non-asshole non-idiots have started to show up.

People like me like the way you reduced my entire person to a short post I made, then later came back and actually read the exchange and were like “oh wait, that was reasonable”. Very cool, very normal way to interact with people.

Fighting systemic problems is one of those things you just figure out.

Perhaps PEOPLE LIKE YOU should decide if they want to be helpful and have meaningful, actionable advice to give or if they want to share platitudes and attack anyone who questions their wisdom. For example, someone might point out that attacking people who say “I can’t do anything about it, I have to take care of myself and my family” then following up with advice that is entirely about taking care of yourself and family is a bit odd.

I like the way you answered the legitimate question with another meaningless piece of advice that lacks anything actionable. Why are we losing?!

Yes, these are the types of structural changes that need to be made before all the wishful thinking guiding people’s voting behaviors can amount to anything positive. Looking at the current landscape, ranked choice specifically, Democrats are receptive to the idea because they want leftists to at least put Democrats second while the GOP hates the idea so much they’re passing laws per-emptively banning ranked choice for more or less the same reason. There’s the path forward.

Good. Keep doing this everywhere.

That and the other option was a woman.

I enjoy that your comment is rightfully upvoted on a forum where people will routinely lament, to many dubious upvotes, that voter turnout is low. We need an informed electorate, not dumbfucks who have no idea what is happening in the world and can’t remember four years ago.

You all remember when RFK Jr. was running for POTUS and it was the most thinly veiled attempt to divide Biden/Harris voters imaginable? Good times.

Anywho, this movement of right wing nutbags who are now against Trump and want to stop him so they can get back to doing EXACTLY what got Trump elected sure is neat, isn’t it? It sure is cool to see them as top commenters over on the very legit BlueSky.

I look at this comment and wonder where to even begin. Overall, if your goal is to make people not like you and refuse to entertain whatever point you’re making, your messaging is flawless. Perhaps you should work for the DNC!

The DNC is more than one guy and knowing the history of, say, the last decade or so might help understand the position people take concerning the DNC.

Reading this reminds me of when the Marvel movies were announced. Cool! The thing I’ve been into for decades is finally getting wide spread support… oh wait, people are going to fuck it up, aren’t they?

I think the point you’re trying to make, past the hostility, is that the DNC is changing. This is true. It is also true that the DNC has sucked out loud for decades. Your expectation that people turn on a dime because the chair said something kind of nice about Mamdani is neither reasonable or rational. Trust takes time.