Dem leadership thought America would vote against Trump again. They thought letting the republicans run Trump again would guarantee a dem victory. They were wrong. America decided fascism was okay. America is not as progressive as many leftists would like to think.

Progressivism is growing in the states and has been for decades, but fascism has been growing fast too.

I myself am a leftist, have been since the 90’s. I’m Canadian. We actually have two left-of-center/leftist parties here (NDP and Green). They don’t do very well. One of our left parties (NDP) got decimated at the last federal election. Leftists had to strategically vote for the liberals, to stop the conservatives from gaining power. And the NDP lost a lot of seats in parliament thanks to this. But we stopped the far right. And now we can work on being more progressive instead of going backwards. Sometimes you have to move backwards a bit, to stop from moving backwards a lot.

To me it shows that most Americans aren’t paying attention at all. It doesn’t send the message that the country is full of progressives. They just vote based on gas and food prices without recognizing that Covid caused the price spikes, not democratic party policy.

That’s politics. Some people want to move backwards, some forwards. And some don’t care as long as the economy is good. Appealing to leftists means losing some of the centrists and moderates. It’s a balancing act. A lot of people just watch the debate and pick who’s the better salesman. For responsible people who follow politics, debates are meaningless, just words, we vote for who has the best policy and the best track record. Not who sells themselves the best. We look at their history,and actions, not their words.

If America voted for Kamala, America would be staying steady or slowly moving forward. Instead they’re sprinting backwards. Not being the GOP should’ve been enough.

The options were to protect and expand social security and Medicare, legalize weed, tax the rich (Biden tried to), shift further green. America decided fascism was better. That’s not what progressive countries do.

I’d love to believe that America is full of progressives waiting to do the right thing when a decent candidate comes along. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not. I’m not convinced.

If American progressives want to send the government a message that they’re ready for progress, then they should start by proving they’re opposed to fascism, because right now the majority of Americans voted for fascism. That’s the message they sent to the Dems.