It’s the political ratchet. The GOP drives things to the right and the Dems obstruct movement in reverse. Because of the realities of how elections in the US work, you’re going to get one or the other, so the choice is between “make things actively worse” or “stall.”
The only real way to effect change while operating within the electoral system is to remake the parties from within, which the right is much better at than the left, see the Tea Party and MAGA. For some reason, anyone in the US even a hair left of center is terrible at messaging.
It’s the political ratchet. The GOP drives things to the right and the Dems obstruct movement in reverse. Because of the realities of how elections in the US work, you’re going to get one or the other, so the choice is between “make things actively worse” or “stall.”
The only real way to effect change while operating within the electoral system is to remake the parties from within, which the right is much better at than the left, see the Tea Party and MAGA. For some reason, anyone in the US even a hair left of center is terrible at messaging.