But why?? Because he's acting like trump??
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Not a huge fan but glad to see he's making waves against MAGA.
The US is a country where dozens of millions of people enthusiastically voted for exactly what we're getting. The concentration camps, the turbo genocide, the loss of rights, the bigotry -- these are requested features, not unintended consequences because that smooth talking senile old man pulled the wool over everybody's eyes.
And don't forget that the question of whether there will even be an election for somebody to replace Trump was already a thing before the election.
So yeah, Newsom totally represents what we DON'T want the opposition party to be. He's conservative clean-cut corporate america, just with a little attitude now to attract attention.
But holy shit please see the full context the american voters have to deal with. Not only do we have a deeply broken and biased voting system that is impossible to change, meaning we will only ever get 2 viable choices, but the political direction of the country is already going at breakneck speed in the wrong direction.
It might be that the accelerationists are right, and that things won't improve until there's a revolution and a better new form of government. And I am quite happy with the thought of starting fresh. But if we get to the point of party primaries are occurring, and they let me vote, I'll choose the progressive that wants to help people. If we get to the general election, I will choose the viable candidate that's going to do the most good and the least evil.
The time to get a progressive candidate in the white house is now (assuming there's an election, etc). In November 2028 the only thing left to do is signal your preference between the two remaining candidates or refuse to do so.
I live in a swing state so I personally can't stomach any general election action except the harm reduction one. Yeah it would be great to replace the whole system, but if I am standing in a voting booth on a November morning looking at a fascist R next to a corpo D next to a few other candidates who will get zero electoral votes, it means we the people have already failed to nominate a progressive and/or replace the government.