First off, I don't need to have a solution to a problem to be able to make an accurate criticism. The idea that its necessary for someone to have an answer for their critique to be valid; its part of the toxic positivity that handed this country to fascism in '24.

But there are some things we can do to make Democrats more effective:

#1 Stop fucking cheerleading Democrats. They haven't earned it, they don't deserve it. Stop giving them a false sense of where they stand when they are as deeply unpopular as the Republican party right now. It hurts their ability to succeed.

#2 Express your discontent and develop both an understanding of politics and theory of power that accurately represents and predicts reality. Do so in as many spaces as you have access to. We need to communicate our discontent broadly so that those in-power are not able to delude themselves into thinking they have a level of support which isn't present. Democrats fool themselves because of specific biases they have towards how they want things to be expressed, a kind of hand-wringing around who is allowed to be critical and how they are allowed to give that criticism. Anyone trying to push back on that needs to be burned alive. Any one trying to defend Democrats doing "business as usual" politics is an enemy of the people. Fascism didn't take over in a vacuum. It took over because apologist within the Democratic party wanted to maintain cultural hegemony over the party instead of enacting real change. And its bit them in the ass so hard there may not be any way to come back.

As far as this particular decision..

#3 The Virginia state legislature should re-district anyways, and just say something along the lines of "Eh we'll figure it out on the back end after the election". Alternatively they could pass a law nullifying this decision and as part of the law enforce it retroactively.

#4 Every blue state needs to gerrrymander every red district completely out of existence. To the hilt gerrymandering, because with the Supreme court decision earlier this week, there simply isn't path to a Democratic majority otherwise. And even then, its like, going to be tough. But right now team red wins the house because of this and the decision earlier this week.

#5 Schumer and Jefferies need to be replaced before November. They and other centrist Democrats are net drag on the party and their "roll over and show their bellies" approach to politics is such a net drag to Democrats in November, showing movement on this could stoke some enthusiasm. Democrats as a party have been polling worse than Trump for almost 2 years because of these kinds of leaders. We can't have them in the vanguard. They're too costly electorally.

#6 Begin preparations for the inevitable legal battles that are coming post-November. Expect every election result which is unfavorable to the Republicans to be challenged in court.