Who to cancel, who to stan, the online left has a lot on their plate lately. The most recent topic for discord in the ranks has formed around the topic of strategy. We find ourselves in almost the exact same situation as we were in 2016, are we just that bad at this- or are we missing something?

Biden is the nominee, there is no way around it at this point. But does that mean that we all have to fall in line behind him, or embrace the blame for letting the slow creep of fascism take hold in our country? Well…kind of?

In my heart of hearts, I don’t like a thing about Biden. He doesn’t share my personal policy prescriptions for the country’s future, not a one. He doesn’t seem interested in doing anything but going back to the “glory days” of Obama. Which to those in the know, was only about 20% better than things are now. At the end of the day, it’s that 20% that we are meant to vote for.

Will the country move forward? No, not in my opinion. It will basically stay the same, but some minority groups can rest at least a little easy that things won’t get worst for them. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is at deaths door and needs a replacement it seems, so it would be nice for her position to be filled by someone that isn’t hard right. Biden offers damage mitigation and little else.

I think it’s fairly obvious that most people who are on the left and oppose voting for Biden, are fully aware that he’s better than Trump. Yes you will see a lot of equivalency happening on twitter, and I would honestly be hard pressed to argue with many of the critiques. At the end of the day the establishment powers that be have very similar big picture goals, regardless of the letter next to their name.

No, I think that despite the realization that Biden is better than Trump the ones that are so vocal about not voting for Biden are focused on the shitty game the political parties play with us:
“Vote for us or be stuck with the crap alternative, you have no other options- suck it.” – DNC/RNC
People are tired of the binary choice of two politicians that do not truly represent the best interests of the country, and they are tired of being told that’s just the way it is. They will swear to give you what you want next time but this election is just TOO important, it always is.

I am struggling with the same thought process. I feel dirty giving my vote to Biden and the DNC after all the bullshit, but at the same time see no path forward than to continue to do so. Progressives have been winning in several races around the country recently, we are pushing the party further left slowly but surely. It would be a shame to give Trump four more years to put up even more roadblocks, we have enough of those on our own side to worry about.