electoralism

If he has to use different phrasing in the moment to more effectively work towards that then he should.

This is how you win the

Every single person that tells you this will achieve absolutely fucking nothing as they will do nothing but triangulate themselves further and further rightwards to advance their career under the excuse that one day, in the future, it will eventually be worth it when they actually do something to advance our cause. That day will never come, they will just moderate themselves more and more and more to further their position. There will always be a little more adulting in the room needed to further their position just a little bit more to get more power.

It's just careerist behaviour. Such people become absorbed by the system.