Why are you equating the people who criticize non-voters and Trump voters with the Democrats? I will criticize non-voters and Trump voters all day long, but I am not a Democrat; I am not even American.
Your framework suggests that only Democrats have agency (and you also rhetorically equate the party and its voters, which isn’t reasonable), whereas non-voters and Trump voters don’t.
In reality, everyone has agency, and everyone is affected by large-scale social forces. I see lots of people on all sides doing everything to limit their side’s responsibility. Everyone is responsible for the role they played in this election.
I am not criticizing Democrat voters. I am criticizing the Democratic party themselves. I’m criticizing the campaign, I’m criticizing the president and the VP. I’m criticizing everyone in power who didn’t try to convince him to step down and not run again. They are the rocket scientists and all the voters are the wind.
If the Democratic party aren’t going to learn from this and just go “well voters are dumb we did everything right”. They will lose again to the next fascist (or maybe the same? Who knows what Trump will do)
If that’s the case, then the Democratic party just ain’t the way to win against facism.
Why are you equating the people who criticize non-voters and Trump voters with the Democrats? I will criticize non-voters and Trump voters all day long, but I am not a Democrat; I am not even American.
Your framework suggests that only Democrats have agency (and you also rhetorically equate the party and its voters, which isn’t reasonable), whereas non-voters and Trump voters don’t.
In reality, everyone has agency, and everyone is affected by large-scale social forces. I see lots of people on all sides doing everything to limit their side’s responsibility. Everyone is responsible for the role they played in this election.
I am not criticizing Democrat voters. I am criticizing the Democratic party themselves. I’m criticizing the campaign, I’m criticizing the president and the VP. I’m criticizing everyone in power who didn’t try to convince him to step down and not run again. They are the rocket scientists and all the voters are the wind.
If the Democratic party aren’t going to learn from this and just go “well voters are dumb we did everything right”. They will lose again to the next fascist (or maybe the same? Who knows what Trump will do)
If that’s the case, then the Democratic party just ain’t the way to win against facism.