re: #153 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

This is the same spirit of 19th century revolutionary romanticism that led people to believe that they had to totally destroy society in order to rebuild it from scratch.

They were somehow totally unmoved by the amount of human suffering that would involve.

It’s the same spirit I’ve seen again and again, every 4 years. “If I don’t vote/vote third party/vote for the Republican, then the DNC will get the message and put up a far more progressive candidate!” And then they get absolutely confused when the DNC sees the regressive candidate gets elected, regressive candidates dominate the lower levels of government, and assume what voters want is a less progressive candidate on the next ballot.

I actually have more respect for Teabaggers at this point. When they decided they didn’t like the people in office, they busted their asses to drive them out through primary challenges, scaring the ever-loving shit out of the party and driving them further into the abyss. This primary season actually shows you could do the same for Democrats as well. But no, the Sandbaggers will just conclude from this that a progressive candidate will never win until the country is rubble.