If tons of people voted Democrat in this upcoming election, we'd see more AOC and Mamdamni types in the next one.

When your only viable defense to moral superiority is a strawman rather than accepting criticism of your side and labeling it a "both side are same" rhetoric to shift blame.

Even if you don't vote for a candidate which can win, your vote shows that you are still willing to vote, which shifts the window ever so slightly your way