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Getting my predictions in now: the 2028 Democratic nominee will be running on a platform of making the extermination of trans people 10% more efficient, people will say that you have to vote for them because at least they don't also want to exterminate gay people, the Republicans will flip New Jersey, and the DNC will conclude that they should've run on exterminating the gays too.
These people have completely lost the plot. Being progressive on social issues is the only thing they have to offer, because they can't be progressive on economic issues because of their donors. If you're not going to adopt an economic platform that would actually address people's needs, and you're also abandoning us queer "freaks," then what are you even going to run on? Fucking NAFTA? What, are you running a campaign to try to get elected president or to try to get appointed a mod on r/neoliberal?
I'd ask how people with such terrible political instincts are even relevant to making these decisions, but I already know the answer is money.
Hm.
I mean, ideally they ought to address the economic issues, but that's a nonstarter because of their donors' interests. They're abandoning the stuff that they're actually somewhat decent on to make the areas where they suck the focus of their messaging.