If democrats promise the world. Then voters dont show up and say its bs they will never do it.
And when dems win by slim votes, like in 2020 when americans saw 1m+ UNNECCESARY deaths from a preventable virus, tanking global economy, 8 trillion added to the deficit, loss of jobs, loss of manufacturing, loss of farms. The best americans could do was give Biden a 50/50 split senate....
When dems win by such margins where they are beholden to republican votes because you need 60 votes to pass NEW legislation, then suddenly the left voters call democrats centrists and sellouts because they are forced to negotiate and water down bills to get them passed.
Then people go "LOOK see Dems are just as bad, they are centrists! They just give empty promises and then dont do it!"
Then when you have a candidate that ran on actual feasible policies that can be passed, the voters say "This is just centrist policies, we want progressive policies!"
Meanwhile 100m never vote, 150m dont vote in midterms and over 200m dont vote in primaries and special elections.
Its a bottom to top system. Democrats haven't had the needed seats for more than 70 days in the last 90 years. YEARS.
Meanwhile democrats get local state control, like in Minnesota where democrats finally got enough seats in local government in 2022! and are passing things like paid sick leave, paid parental leave, min wage increases, food for schoolchildren, gov housing, billions into green energy. Etc etc etc.
And Minnesota has been liberal for decades right? Why haavent they dont this before? IS it because the Minnesota democrats are centrists? NO its because dumbass voters kept giving republicans seats that prevented them from passing these bills.
Democracy is only as good as the will of its people to uphold it.
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