We just fucking cannibalize each other fucking ourselves over and over.

[-misanthroptimist]

123. There are limits

Minor policy disagreements probably aren't a big problem, though they may dampen enthusiasm. The real trouble is that priorities are -have been and should be- determined by the individual. And some of those priorities have no easy compromise.

Take MI in 2024. Many Dem voters stayed home due to Israeli actions in Gaza. They determined that those actions constituted genocide. Genocide is not something we can condone or compromise on. So, if we wanted those voters we were left with either abandoning Israel or convincing those people that that wasn't genocide. Neither of those look practical and there is no middle ground. We cannot tell those people that voting for Harris is more important than genocide. It won't work.

Nor can we say that those people are wrong. Their "pony" was ending the murder of innocent civilians. It is not an unreasonable request -particularly if one has ties to Gaza. Telling them that they'd get no better from [Redacted] didn't work -and never would. From that perspective, they saw no difference between the two candidates. Long term strategy wasn't a consideration. If nobody was going to try to stop the genocide, nobody would get their vote.

The job of the Party isn't to convince voters that the Party is right. The job is to let the voters know that the Party is working for them, or at the least seriously listening. Berating people about their own sensibilities is a losing proposition. It flies in the face of the very realism that the Party first people claim to have.