There is no perfect candidate but we should also acknowledge that a choice between a vulgar fascist and a quiet one is not a real choice at all.

Few people expect perfection. What they expect is someone who will sincerely try to make things better, and that's a low, low, low bar to clear.

Like, I'm not sure why people think the party that regularly says "whoa, whoa, whoa, we've gone too far left, we need to hear what the Nazis have to say" is deserving of so much deference.

"Trust us, we're doing 12-dimensional chess."

[proceeds to vote for more cops, bombs, and prisons]

@gwynnion capitalist realism mixed with people who are not left but like to be viewed as "progressive"