Cool story bro

Lol I just you're the same person I commented this fact to last time. Definitely agree, you have the right idea. Sorry I can't help but grateful I'm in a different country with entirely different issues. Wishing you all the best!

Fun fact: the results of primary elections aren't binding. The DNC can pick whoever they want, regardless of vote count, with no repercussions.

You have my blessing.

I want utopian space communism, but I'm not going to hold out for only that ideal when I can support alternatives that are better than the current system.

I'm one of the stupidest men alive and even I have more awareness of the state of US politics than most American liberals. You mention that 'vote blue no matter who' is the height of idiocy and receive responses about how not voting is for idiots.

Of course it is, because not voting isn't the suggestion being made, but it certainly is a useful straw man for the absolute broomsticks who can't swallow the fact their beloved Democrats are just as complicit in the American political charade.

The primary is no guaranteed method of change. The DNC is a private club. A primary vote could literally be 100% for a single candidate and the DNC could pick an entirely different candidate with no legal repercussions.

Expect many similar responses from Americans who are somehow so astoundingly thick they can't comprehend that holding politicians accountable can be accomplished by means beyond simply not voting. The false dichotomy is blazingly obvious, but their indoctrination runs as deep as their defensiveness is strong so they default to this, their favorite straw man, lest their simplistic worldviews be challenged.

This paucity of critical thought is a direct result of the compounding effects of decades of poor education. The US is cooked unless its citizens stop treating everyday politics like a cross between sports and religion.

"What someone said makes me uncomfortable because it challenges my government indoctrination. I have neither the self-awareness to recognize this nor the vocabulary to articulate it if I did, so I'll just call them stupid instead."

Classic American response.

The Democratic party largely runs on a platform based more on counteracting the Republican party less than substantially improving anything. Despite claiming to be progressive, they have slowly shifted to the right over decades, and manage to bungle easy wins again and again.

His name better fucking be Mario.

Many Americans have a weak grasp on even the most basic details of their constitution. During my stay there, I heard "free speech" improperly being used as a defense by people of many different backgrounds.