Jeremy [Iowa]

Oh, hey, how about that - didn’t expect to see an r/Iowa refugee over here. Welcome to the greener pastures that are generally just as painfully, unthinkingly liberal but far less cancerous.

That requires active engagement in one’s community beyond vote-shaming and whining on social media - you’re not going to see much of this from either party.

Actual community involvement is hard. let’s go joe, blue no matter who, if you don’t vote blue you enable fascists etc. is easy and still lets them feel good about doing something… even if it’s ultimately ineffective.

Ah, the false dichotomy, neat.

Abstaining is always an option. You can always just ignore either shady individual - you aren’t required to pick one.