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I’m just speaking for myself here but every day it’s harder for me with her. It’s not her trying to appeal to the right by itself. It’s bringing Dick Cheney into the fold in the context of how little she’s done to do the same for people further on the left. Especially where Gaza is concerned. The gestures don’t have to be grand but they are glaringly absent

The way I see it, any position I have that represents a political power minority is not likely to be the path to obtaining the power I need to enact different policy. 

It’s a Machiavellian game, made worse by non-proportional, non-majoritarian republic structures like the Senate and Electoral College.

I don’t need a superhero to inspire me. I need an operative to do whatever it takes to penetrate power. Warmly acknowledging people like me might not be that operative’s winning strategy.

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Power consolidation=evil.

Ok but you don't have data on these positions being unpopular in swing states. This is a widespread "feeling" many have but it doesn't seem to hold up to the scrunity.

For all that we know:

- Harris performed worse in swing states since she shifted right

- Bernie, with his progressive positions, did better in swing states than HRC did in Trump matchups

But we’re not a democracy. We’re a republic. Hillary Clinton and Al Gore won the popular vote. Non-logarithmic polling (on linear scales) is irrelevant because that’s not how power is obtained in the United States.

We’ve been “winning” on linear scales and losing power consistently.