I can look at old code that I wrote and feel good about the growth I’ve made.

I also can look at old code I wrote, which I need to understand/update, and be really annoyed at my past self.

How annoyed I am is entirely based on what I need to do to the code right now. The fact is, it’s way easier to be annoyed at myself than annoyed at other people.

Their message didn’t seem to be “vote blue no matter what.” They’re saying that you should get directly involved with the party, and very very few people actually do. Support a local candidate’s run for office or run yourself. I think there’s a lot to criticize about the Democrat party, but ONLY doing that is kinda part of the problem.

The US is a two party system. If the US is salvageable, we have to work to pull the Democratic party back to the left - unless we get major voting reform to move away from first past the post , which is obviously not going to happen under republican rule.