@wdlindsy ths issue is that argument has been used long before the threat got this bad. "we'll address your needs once the threat is less dire" but that day never comes. so everyone left of center keeps compromising and seeing little to no progress. this is why they're disillusioned and don't believe the promises of the center to wait

@wdlindsy the left could hold together more if the center didn't dominate who gets nominated and what gets pushed. the center does not give enough to promote unity while telling anyone farther left that they have to stay in lockstep to stop the right. it's true but it causes building resentment that is part of how we end up here