Chemotherapy is short term ugly, but has unmistakable long term benefits.
Giving up on the DNC to support a 3rd party is short term ugly too, but has the unmistakable long term benefit of breaking up this two party lunacy.
It appears that if all the people who identify as social democrats were members of a Social Democrat party, then the Democrats would be the 3rd party.
In a truly free and open democracy, the voter is not responsible for the outcome of an election. They are only responsible for their individual vote; to make sure it is honest and accurate to how they think and feel.
Today, people are being manipulated into voting against how they think and feel by the lie that they are responsible for the election’s results. “You cannot vote for the person you want to vote for; the one you feel represents you most accurately. You must vote for the person we tell you is most likely to win.”
Politics has become the opiate of the people.