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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I hate that this is so plausible a scenario. I'd love to be proven wrong, I'd love to see a wave of stronger-left candidates elected in primaries and then to office, and I'd love if the party in general could see what an existential threat the current situation poses, whether one is talking about the level you're talking about or merely forever losing any credibility with their own base assuming some vaguely normal political situation continues from where we are now.

We're over the precipice of the collapse of the American experiment in democracy. It's not impossible to drag us back, but it'll take something heroic to get it done. The alternative is a long plunge down to some very sharp rocks.