It's not a lie though. If the Democrats don't want to appear to be "remotely similar", maybe they could try distancing themselves from the Republicans, instead of adopting the Republican policies.

Hmmmm, both supported genocide for one. Both take large sums from oligarchs and PACs to do their bidding. You can perhaps argue on some of the social issues but beyond that I don't see how you make a large difference in their corruption

On the matters most important, they are the same. Both are hell bent on the concentration of wealth and power with the elite.

Republicans just add the flavour of being overtly evil, where Democrats pretend they are good.

The political system is the problem, what we have today, is what it has been designed to do.