realize you have a massive following, and throw your energy behind movements that are actually doing material good.
I mean, I'm pretty sure they realize they CAN do good (Bernie), but their "doing good" isn't enacting change (hence Matt's doomer/pessimism). They can throw their weight behind those third parties, but: Will their weight actually matter? To put in better wording, it's like the "Colbert bump" back in Stephen Colbert's conservative-character-bit-era: He would shine a light things, but the "wave"/boost was pretty temporary (from what I remember) like a "reddit/Slashdot hug-of-death" effect.
I mean, I'm pretty sure they realize they CAN do good (Bernie), but their "doing good" isn't enacting change (hence Matt's doomer/pessimism). They can throw their weight behind those third parties, but: Will their weight actually matter? To put in better wording, it's like the "Colbert bump" back in Stephen Colbert's conservative-character-bit-era: He would shine a light things, but the "wave"/boost was pretty temporary (from what I remember) like a "reddit/Slashdot hug-of-death" effect.