Before primaries, yeah, idealism is the goal. After primaries, you vote blue no matter who to prevent actual fascists (Republicans) from gaining power.
No amount of circling the wagons after the primaries will make an unpopular candidate palatable to an apathetic voting base.
The point of agitating now is to prevent an establishment candidate from taking the nomination to begin with or to force the establishment to embrace populist positions and control the campaign narrative.
Before primaries, yeah, idealism is the goal. After primaries, you vote blue no matter who to prevent actual fascists (Republicans) from gaining power.
No amount of circling the wagons after the primaries will make an unpopular candidate palatable to an apathetic voting base.
The point of agitating now is to prevent an establishment candidate from taking the nomination to begin with or to force the establishment to embrace populist positions and control the campaign narrative.