I think you are right, at least that is a better campaign strategy than the moderate Democratic tendency to promise not to do the crap the Republican is doing.

But that's a battle to be fought in the primaries, to choose candidates who are willing to adhere to principles, to chase an agenda and to refrain from taking lobbyist money. In the general election, it's time to vote against the guy who stands for open corruption, concentration camps and illegal wars and tariffs that hurt the working class.

This may not be how Americans vote as a collective, but you and I can choose to vote more intelligently than they do.

2024 showed us they vote largely on racism and vibes, at least seventy-seven million of them do. The Republican party banks on the notion constituents vote emotionally and can be tricked into voting against their own best interests. They have a huge propaganda machine based on this.

And when Americans get desperate enough, maybe they get civically engaged. Now we need to see if we can keep them engaged, because the moderate wing of the Democratic party will, if they behave typically, will settle down and take lobbyist money to make excuses. If they do that this time, then dictatorship in the United States will be inevitable.