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Friend, even on my good days, I'm harsher than you were in this post lol. You've done nothing wrong on that front.
As for the rest. I understand where you're coming from, I do understand why people want to believe that the Democratic Party are good guys or at least better than Republicans. Hell I still voted for Kamala in distaste because I do believe in harm reduction over absolutism. But it has always been a stop gap, a withered band-aid for wounds that need proper care.
The truth of the matter is, since before I could vote I've watched the Democrats roll over for Republicans. That's over two decades of watching them give it up faster than JD Vance's couch. At some point you recognize that pattern, and make whatever moves you can within it. That includes building up causes that address the wound more directly instead of constantly trying to keep using the same band-aid even as it becomes grosser and grosser.
I guess another way to put this is: Republicans are fire. You don't put fire out with water because you hate fire, you put fire out with water because fire is a danger. Now let's say you hire some people to put out those fires when they spring up, but instead when it comes time to fight fire, they just stand to the side, maybe even pour gasoline on some spots they think could burn more, or do performative things like splashing it with water when a hose is needed. Are those you hired good or bad? Is it worse to be the fire? Or to be the fire enablers?