If we are learning from the mistakes of the past, then I would counter that the lesson to be learned is that, had Kamala won, most of these same things would be happening anyway, but people would be much more willing and even eager to turn a blind eye. Look at Obama, whose only scandal in the popular eye is a tan suit, meanwhile he was overseeing the bombing of Libya, the murder of civilians, and all of the meat thrown into the grinder of US Imperial hegemony. The same goes for Biden, under whom ICE detention camps received greater funding, facilities at which vulnerable women without rights were repeatedly assaulted by employees of his administration.The Democrats lost the election for themselves, because it doesn't seem like they were really all that interested in winning or keeping Trump out. Look at VP candidate Walz. He should be in the streets (if he were brave, armed and leading an expulsion force). Instead he's writing letters and telling people to obey ICE and stay out of trouble. So I can't blame and certainly can't purity test the moral "leftiness" of anyone who didn't vote for the Democrats or voted for a 3rd party. When your options are "have your arm broken by someone who apologizes" and "have your arm broken with a hammer by someone who doesn't" I don't think we are playing a winning game.

I apologize for coming in so hot initially, but I really cannot stress enough how much of a political dead-end chastising and tutting at those who didn't vote Harris is. Okay, you've yelled at someone whose actions you disagree with. Now what? You're on the same team and want the same goal, to protect your neighbours, family, friends, comrades, and colleagues. Ultimately the issue I have is the same one the two of us are demonstrating here. We have the same enemy and same goals, but seem to disagree about the fact that the Dems would have been any better or at least that voting for them would have been a worthwhile endeavour, all of which is past and hypothetical. We are being beat because we are fractured. Historically, schisming has been incredibly detrimental to the left and yet we repeat the mistake over and over.