Which is why it’s a shame to see you fight each other as if that isn’t the case.
I would wholeheartedly recommend reading How To Win Friends And Influence People (or at least this summary). Especially if you’re trying to convince people to vote in the midterms.
Well, the better way forward would be acknowledging that the Democratic party isn’t a party and building the institutional infrastructure to respect that this is a coalition of several entirely distinct constituencies with very different views and restructure internal party politics to reflect that. Right now, the problem is the Democratic party doesn’t actually HAVE a platform. It has a platform statement, most of which the “party” will never achieve because there isn’t a single plank that is supported by every congress critter. About the only thing we all agree on is “Not Trump, not now, not ever” and why is entirely up to the individual.
We also have to come to grips with the fact that what the donors want, and what the voters want, are entirely different things and both sides of that are impotent without the other. We have witnessed what happens when money runs the show. Voters don’t show up and chaos ensues. We also know that without money, organizing becomes impossible in an economy where any kind of volunteer service costs individuals a whole lot more than just some free time.
For better or worse (it literally cannot be worse than the Republican party), the Democrat party is the only party that can unseat the Republican party from power. That is the reality we live in.
Vote accordingly.
You’re right, it can’t be worse than the Republicans. But who are the Democrats going to be better for? Because they keep standing up and saying it won’t be better for everyone, and that doesn’t sound like a winning message to me.