The problem, even if I'm simply critiquing your approach to your failed ideology, is how much you have to explain. Let's say that someone doesn't really like conservatives. After all, they're abrasive, pigheaded, greedy bastards. But you see some shit you don't like - POC on the TV, POC in government, prices of something going up. My MAGA evangelist ass comes up to you and goes "hi, how ya doing, my name is Holden. Do you like America? Do you like the direction we're going? What would you change?" and then you go "Yeah, I actually HATE that thing that's happening, that's why we want to Make America Great Again!" And before you know it, you have a fell-for-it-again who votes for you. Why? Well, I understand the word Make: you do stuff. America, yeah, I got enough propaganda to know what America is. Great? Well, I'm glad you asked, it's exactly that thing you said was making America annoying. We're doing the opposite of that. Again, yeah, we're unchanging the bullshit. It's simple, it's easy. It puts butts in seats.

Strong Floor No Ceiling? First off it doesn't roll of the tongue. There's like a stutter step in there. And before I get to anything, one has to ask how many times you can simply ignore making a strong floor before you get a reputation for it. So that same corn golem in the midwest you think of as the holy grail median voter is going to eventually call you a corporate golem in return. But let's say you get that same blank slate asshole. "Hi, how ya doing, my name is Deez. Do you like the direction America is going? What's got you down?" Let's even ignore the challenge that you have absolutely 0 interest in fixing the problem they tell you, after all, we did that for the Republicans. "Yes! I feel your pain. That's why we're coming to you with a new idea, Strong Floor No Ceiling." You're going to have to explain what the floor is. Unlike great which can mean whatever you want it to mean, you're implying a whole situation. Great? It's simply the absence of the annoyance. I have a solid floor? So I'm going to have heal- I'm going to get my family ba- I'm going to have access to abor- My representative is going to- In the same split second your victim is contemplating, the Republican has convinced them that it's going to be great. They'll go watch the TV and a charismatic leader is going to talk about how you're going to have the cleanest water and the most competitive hospitals. You'd need a strong leader who's popping off about a future worth sticking around for (and he already served for 8 years doing nothing). You have to make a case that your victim is a temporarily embarrassed millionaire for no ceiling to even come into play. In essence they have to already believe what you believe to be influenced by it. They have to already believe in the civic religion and believe that Dems are delivering effectual change. Otherwise you have to go on a diatribe about how complicated shit is and how incrementalism is... le good! and how the future could be so good despite having no figurehead.

You're not beating the cynical Republican at their own game and your toolkit is not fit to inspire people into mobilizing. Like @deforestgump@hexbear.net : "medicare for all!" how about "no hungry children!" ? how about "legal drugs"? how about "democracy in government, democracy in work."? If your strategy is convincing people to imagine the future, you need something positive to imagine (and preferably not having a reputation of fucking it up).