The difference between a leftist and a liberal view of Trump.......

[JHan]

100. There's arrogance all over your op.

The premise of your OP is false.

Your whole op is you putting yourself in special regard because you think only you, and people who think like you, get what's wrong with the system and how it gave us Donald Trump.

Anyone who disagrees with your view of capitalism is a Liberal who doesn't get it...

The Electoral Process, imperfect tho it may be, is important. Last year was a missed opportunity in more ways than one: SCOTUS was lost but also federal courts, currently being filled up with Trump appointees ( filling spaces Obama appointees should have gotten, instead Obama's appointees languished in the senate) That's a real, tangible example of how consequential a President is...

As for Capitalism: It has helped lift people out of poverty, we all benefit from it because it has enabled us to have greater choice compared to our grandparents and a lower cost of living. However, it needs to be tempered with collectivist principles. No Liberal I know is an anarcho-capitalist.

No liberal I know doesn't understand the perniciousness of big money in Politics and worse, dark money. Further, no Liberal Justice was responsible for Citizens United.

We're in an ideological battle. Money is merely a means to an end. The Mercers and the Kochs etc don't need more money, their power is concentrated through influence, by shaping narratives and a particular view of the world resistant to progress.

As much as you rail against capitalism, your assessment of politics is actually consumerist. It's as if you're shopping for a deodorant or specific brand of perfume- It must contain x or y. It becomes a brand, where you distinguish your brand from another brand ( liberals) and this is how you identify yourself- "far leftist". My personal politics are very liberal, but my personal politics are not a reflection of reality and don't shape how I vote - I'm a pragmatic voter.

Of course a pragmatist or a centrist will frustrate you, pragmatists reject tribalism and understand game theory.