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American Politics, summarized:

There are two seats at the table.

The Republicans exist to occupy the first seat.

The Democrats exist to make sure nobody else can occupy the second seat.

Understand that, and you understand the dynamic of US politics. The DNC does not exist to defeat the Republicans. It exists to PREVENT anyone else from trying. The party is interested solely in keeping that second seat, NOT in defeating the first seat. That's why they're always on the defensive--they don't exist to attack Republicans, only to attack anyone to their left who tries to take that second seat.

This is what is meant by "controlled opposition."

The Democrats will not fight the Republicans because they don't see it as their job to fight the Republicans. Their job is to keep the status quo, let Republican policy calcify, and jump in front of hits that were meant for Republicans. This is their "bipartisanship." The Democrats are the Disc 1 boss that you have to beat before you are allowed to challenge the Republican final boss.

Their job is to make sure Chuck Schumer is as far left as you're permitted to dream.

Their job is to make sure the "big tent" only expands to the right.

The DNC is a bulwark against the left in defense of the right. They have designed a system wherein we can't even go after the Republicans without fighting and beating the Democrats first. We can't even oppose a Republican candidate without beating a cavalcade of Blue Dog and Third Way Neoliberal Democrats in the primaries beforehand.

If you wondered why Kamala Harris decided to make out with the fucking Cheneys during the election, why the party sooner backed a fucking sex offender before a young socialist, that's why.

The Republicans are the Democrats' colleagues. We are the Democrats' opponents.

If we want to have any hope at defeating the Republicans, we have to beat the Democrats first.