He’s the leftwing outsider who nearly became the Democrats’ candidate for president - twice. As his position on the Israel-Gaza war threatens to upset his support, the veteran senator says he’s tired but determined to fight the return of that ‘ bitter, humiliated man’
  • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
    47•9 months ago

    Yes. That’s the end game of our type of voting system. You get two options and both suck.

    We will get no progress until we get something like ranked choice voting.

      • @tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
        23•9 months ago

        If we can at least get 2 dems in a row in office we can begin to claw the Overton window back from the fascist side. It’d be a start at least

        • @Socsa@sh.itjust.works
          25•9 months ago

          This is the part too may people fail to understand. The same reason Trump wasn’t able to completely dismantle democracy in 4 years is why Dems can’t check every progressive box in 4 years. The system is designed to require a decade or more of electoral success to enact real change. Otherwise you’d just have an unsustainable political yoyo.

          Even then, Trump winning one time has completely fucked the Supreme Court, and US democracy will unequivocally not survive another Trump pick. A ton of allegedly left leaning people here seem suspiciously enthusiastic about that prospect.

        • Cowbee [he/him]
          3•9 months ago

          That’s far too naive. All that will do is entrench liberalism, which is extremely weak against fascism rising.