I appreciate a good sympathetic reading, but ultimately you will not change the people who insist that Trump is a more honest choice for progressives. that's because the whole motive there is punitive--not about the slow, often demoralizing work of activism so much as sticking it to Joe Biden.
I mention this mostly because I sometimes feel I'm going crazy on here! but truly, the impulse to somehow punish Democrats by ushering in Trump is just another way of cosplaying for the so-called revolution that will only ever exist online in quarreling leftist forums.
I have been pummeled by people here who are telling me that instead of voting for one of the two viable choices on the ballot, I should be working to restructure society.
Im 67 and have been at that for a bit . While I applaud the optimism that thinks we can do it by November; not gonna happen.
Oh I feel this with my whole soul. I'm only in my 40s, but I've worked in public health for almost 20 years and I'm so damn tired of these fights.
Holding back the darkness isn't great, but it's a damn sight better than nihilism and surrender to the worst of humanity.
Your comparison is predicated on the system's death leading to a rebirth of a glorious new system. That's not only far from certain, but historically unlikely.
There are no swift deaths in civilization; only protracted debilitating terminal illnesses. Then you have to wail for the fungi to grow from the decomposing body and the whole damn cycle to start over again. 😉
