However, now is not the time to change it. First, the US democracy must be defended.

You’re not wrong, but that’s only become more and more true in every election since I started voting. Of course it’s the Republicans’ fault for going off the fascist deep end, but I’m also starting to think the neoliberal Democrats like it that way because it gives them an excuse to demand fealty from progressives while giving fuck-all concessions in return. When does it end?