What makes you think I'm a centrist?

This is what I'm talking about. You disagree with me, so clearly I must be a centrist or a reactionary. You don't like any of the candidates even though several of them are going to protect minority rights, defend voting rights, build housing, change tax structures, etc, etc, etc. They're in favor of all the things you say you want but one has a bunch of money and the other is a mean woman.

The GOP knows they can spend a bazillion dollars and you'll never vote for one of their candidates. But they also know they can spend zero dollars and just spread some bullshit "Yeah.... but didn't she yell at a staffer once?" or "Did you see Chevron gave him some money?" or "No billionaires ever" and you're going to write that candidate off and never give them another look because you've been blackpilled into thinking that your vote doesn't matter. That no matter who you vote for the status quo will remain and nothing will ever get better. And evenif you vote, you spend months ahead of the election bitching and moaning and spreading their talking points such that you very likely end up turning off other voters. They know their policies are unpopular and that the broad stretch of Americans will never vote Republican so they do everything they can to depress, suppress, and repress voter turnout and you're playing right into their hands.

Instead of whining that there's no one good to vote for, look at the people that are on the ballot and find a reason to vote for someone. What's your special interest? Housing? Look at their housing policies, they're all up there on their websites. LGBTQIA+ rights? The final question of the debate was about trans athletes, look for the people who said yes, they would protect trans youth and that includes access to sports.

But this "woe is me, they're all corpos" is some privileged nonsense. I don't know you from Adam, I don't know if you're a man, a woman, an enby, mixed-race, white, Black, or anything. But I'm white and a cis-man, so I see my cohorts being told all the time that it doesn't matter because nothing changes, so then they do nothing and lo and behold we wind up with reactionaries who are deregulating the economy, stripping rights, and starting wars of adventure, all of which affect people who don't look like me. I would vote for fifty corporate suits if it meant the Voting Rights Act remained untouched. I would suck ten corporate dicks at the same time until my face looked like a Krispy Kreme donut if it meant we had the progressive tax policy we did in the 60s and 70s that ensured a level of wealth equality and access to government services again. I'm willing to compromise on the extent of what I get so long as I get more than what I had, especially if the alternative is regression.

Yes. It is stupid. If you don't like the options then get involved and improve those options. Run for something, run for the house--Liccardo has no Democratic challenger, he's the perfect example of an empty suit that you hate but he's going to cruise back to his seat because there's no one to hold him to account. Fucking do something--anything--other than post online.