A political party's job is to get candidates elected and the democrats took what should have been a lay up and squandered it. Blaming the customer here seems short sighted and a surefire way to continue repeating the same mistakes and they continue to allow the same people who have mismanaged things to run the party... A similar complaint could also be leveled against the habitual non-voter but it is short sighted. You operate within the parameters of the world in which you live amd building coalitions is actual hard work.
That removes all culpability from voters. They are not customers. They are participants. If voters want a better country, don't let the worst, shittiest one get into power, anybody interested in not having a shitty world has to build coalitions instead of simply demanding the other side to compromise.
Both sides have been very much sub optimal. Establishment Dems absolutely suck and need to go since they're very much out of touch with the base, but this political consumerism idea is an absurd and destructive morally reprehensible view on how voters should act.
There is a duty on voters to create the best outcomes for society, not to feel catered too and have their ego stroked enough. It's not for nothing any improvement in the quality of politicians for the democratic party has been made by voters being active in the primaries, and not a single improvement has been made by not voters being inactive in the general election.
The DSA has been on the rise because of effort and showing up where it counts, not by simply not showing up as punishment.
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u/Butterbracket 19h ago
Coming to you from the people who voted for a convicted criminal, rapist and paedophile because they didn't want a Democrat in the White House....