yeah , because a fucking tank who have an AoE nuke , cleanse , and heal is not good . <| sep |> Yes , we should now focus on the things you mentioned , but we don ' t really have a choice now . And you have to be in denial or pretty privileged to think a Trump presidency is in any way a good thing for progress in the US . Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake . If you truly believe Trump is a mistake , then then could lead to decades of social reform , in fear of another Trump . If Trump actually succeeds , and the country improves , then what ' s the problem ? You got a result that wasn ' t as bad as you expected . Democratic leadership is either going to have to come around , or they ' re going to suffer defeat , after defeat , after defeat . The next midterm elections are going to be a real dealbreaker for them if they can ' t take back anything major , that might be the last straw for most of them . Making promises can only placate the membership for so long eventually , people will wonder why they put up with leadership whose decisions keep them losing . At some point , they ' ll run out of people to blame , and they ' ll only have themselves . And when that happens , you ' ll see them leave , and a new round will take their place . Personally , I ' m not expecting some grand victory . It ' s politics , so there ' s no happily ever after , but you can get a few terms of the Democrats at least taking a more progressive stance , and possibly winning elections over it . Republicans are going to hit a breaking point , too , eventually . And it ' s unlikely their successors will be as socially regressive , although they may be more aggressively fiscally conservative . Just wait and see . It ' s all going to come down to how Trump ' s policies actually play out , and the midterm election results . And with Trump ' s policies still vague , it ' s hard to make predictions on the effects . The one thing I do expect is for the Democrats to hang on for dear life , and to spend the next two years complaining about everything , and trying to make every Republican decision look bad . While this might get them a few seats , it won ' t solve their core problem , and it will continue to make them look bad in the eyes of registered Democrats who ultimately voted Trump . Their reform or collapse is inevitable , and that ' s a good thing . Trump is only bad for progressiveness if he does well at his job , something many people seem confident he ' s incapable of .