people understanding that our system is rigged is that cynicism sets in, and opting out reinforces that fact instead of redressing it. But when our leadership tells us that nothing is wrong with the system, that doesn't exactly promote trust or enthusiasm.
And when the leadership tries to shut the doors on that debate, and actually protect the status quo by doing so, it also starts to make people wonder whether or not they are being taken for a ride by a two-party system, both of which are too cozy( to different extents), with big money.
The "trust us" mentality does not work if we aren't given reason to trust. They tell us to make sure we get those blue dogs into office, and then the blue dogs become a problem, not a solution. They "cave" and support republican principles when we need the very solidified front you're speaking of, and they become hold-outs on policy that we are actually trying to pass, forcing us to water them down or add loopholes or conditions that may poison the legislation's function. Our party tells us to vote for them, and then on these boards and elsewhere, these very people become the cover for why we couldn't do better and for why we had to cede more ground to corporate interests.
And don't take that as me saying I am in favor of the perfect over the good. I'm not. I'm in favor of policy that doesn't keep us impotent as second fiddle in Washington. Incrementalism isn't actually a thing if you don't have the power to take those baby steps. I'm in favor of going after the corporations and their media, because anything else leads us back to the same place anyway. If we don't identify our actual common enemy, the media will just keep dividing us and conquering us on whatever grounds works. The solidarity you are asking for is impossible if we don't clip its wings...if we don't start showing people who's side it is actually on. That does kind of mean we have to be entirely on the other side.
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