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Probably similar, if not the same responsibility that you do.
The expansion of Israeli settlements in the west bank, and the treatment of Palestinians as second class citizens in on their own land enjoys bipartisan support in the US government.
Democrats are too willing to make concessions to try to flip middle of the road voters, and too fearful of enacting beneficial changes to engage the more leftist groups.
The Democratic leadership (both within the party and Congress) is selected by compliance and seniority, rather than capability, and momentum.
Democrats are too happy to preserve the status quo instead trusting their voters to turn out and take risks on disrupting broken systems.
I find the main differences between myself and the anti-kamala non-voters is that I understand that democracy is inherently a compromise. No candidate is going to reflect all your values. Every who makes it to the national stage is going to have positions that are unpalatable to some of their voters. I can live with continuing the status quo, especially when the alternative is a full on genocide, another endless war, more territorial expansion, the erosion of personal liberties, the undermining of elections, rigging of courts...etc.
At the end of the day, the people who held their vote or voted 3rd party in 2024 made a gamble. They gambled that trump wouldn't win, and Democrats would get the message that they need to move further left to get more votes. That was the best outcome. What they risked for it, was literally everything. Food, water, shelter, rights, subsequent elections, the rule of law, and any possibility of limiting Israel's genocide. That's a fucking dumb gamble. Low chance of success, low chances of change, risked against an extremely high chance of losing everything. That's a dumb fuckin' bet. I have no idea how anyone with 2 braincells can look at the situation after abstaining their vote and going "yeah, I totally made the right decision, and none of this is my fault. I'm gonna go on the internet and brag about it."