They try to out fascist the fascists, by being total monsters but pretending to have "concern" about Israel, or workers rights, or anything. As if everyone really wanted to be exploited by corporations but with gay marriage and token actions taken in their favor while workers are further stripped by the super rich.

The answer is to run a populist alternative, not a fake populism like the Right that scapegoats, one that accurately identifies the villains and the problems they cause, and gives a solution that can actually work.

They are hopeless, and until you realize the "liberals" are controlled opposition of the oligarchy, chosen to be weak, to not upset the license further garnered by rich every term, it doesn't make sense as to why they would suck so bad.

It's really true though, chosen to be weak, chosen to cave to the other aggressive party, to not change anything back let alone make it better. Just emptly platitudes, perfunctionary efforts at fulfilling promises, a lack of any real politik, and a reason for being of preventing popular reform while being the party of popular reform.