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Democrats aren’t a third party operating in a vacuum. They’re a big part of the reason we’re in this mess to begin with. Hillary elevated Trump to begin with as part of her pied-piper strategy. What the Hell was Merrick Garland doing as Attorney General for 4 years? Why does Nancy Pelosi want a “strong Republican party”? Why does Chuck Schumer want war with Iran as much as Trump does? How come the Democrats didn’t have a true open Primary in 2024? How did Obama fail to capitalize on the biggest political movement of the 21st century? You could write a book about the Democratic Party’s failures and self-owns the past two decades.

I agree completely. I don't think both sides are the same, just that they are bankrolled by the same people. I see the problem not as Dem v Rep but is working class v the ruling class. It's capitalism that is the problem. Fascism is inevitable in capitalism. What is fascism but imperialism turned inward?  Capitalism requires more and more to exploit. Always more. So yeah, while I see the gestapo in the streets and terrible things our military is doing at the behest of the current Republican scumbag regime. This is the most American capitalist administration ever. Dem v rep is just a way to keep us arguing. Us workers are all on the same team. I agree, I was coming off as saying "both sides are the same". I thought I was being a bit more nuanced but I really wasn't. 

I think you might be missing their point. The Republicans aren't a consequence of crony or corrupt or unregulated capitalism. They're just capitalism. Even if a miracle happened, and the Democrats got everything they (or at least the actually progressive leaning ones) say they want, the very first thing that ideal capitalist system would do is start degrading. Then one Reagan later, one Bush later, one Trump later, we'd be right back here. Let me put it this way, if your had a choice between having your house on fire or having your house drenched in gasoline with an orange pyromaniac outside giving it funny looks, you'd choose the second thing, because that is clearly better. But if you said both options are bad and someone angrily corrected you, you probably wouldn't be too happy to hear that either. If you support capitalism, you're getting what you supported. And all major political bodies in the US do support capitalism, even if that support takes the form of "Don't abandon it, don't follow those guys, we promise we can fix it!" It's a ideology of power and domination, this was the only consequence it was ever going to yield.