Nothing is stopping the left from doing the same

Intellectual honesty. The left will say what they actually want, the alt-right will lie their way in. "I'm literally an anarchist" versus "oh I'm just a fiscal conservative".

The tea party was supposed to be normal “folks” but was really funded by the Koch’s Americans for Prosperity (a proto-superpac).

"The right falls in line, the left falls apart."

And these days, the left is doing that as we speak.

Progressives would have to vote in primaries first.

The MAGA cult is basically onky two groups.

Fanatic idiots who cling to religious fantacy like its fact because they are too stupid to comprehend the world, this stupidity also fuels a shitload of racism and bigotry, for the same reason.

And richblibertarian assholes who want to tear the world of regulation down to better allow them to rape the population and planet for maximum profits.

The rich assholes figured out how to weaponize the idiots using fear to grest advantage. I used to feel a bit sorry for the idiot cult for being manipulated but they basically refused to ever change so fuck those people.

Actual mainstream Democrats are not doing "purity tests", a lout, super left wing branch is. I am not saying they have bad wants and desires, and ultimately they are right on a lot of issues, and personally, I agree with them on a lot of issues, but they are loud, and a bit of a fringe part, and for the greater good, for now, can be mostly ignored.

Mostly.

They should NOT be ignored in favor of just, sliding more tonthe right. Like, just picking an issue, maybe there is a compromise on trans athletes, because it probably is tricky, but that doea not mean compromising on trans people ompletely, andletting it start to slide to other queer groups, which is starting to happen.

The big lynchpin that feels like its brought up a lot is the Israel/Palestine war. Which is probably the stupidest one. Yes Israel sucks, and what they are doing to Palestime is very terrible, but hesus fuck you don't sacrifice the country and ultimately everyone else in the world to the fucking Fascists over it. Both sides are shit, and who fucking cares in the end.