Yes this is brie talking about force the vote.
But the real message is that the dsa and M4a activist and organizers have no real idea or plan what they are doing other than talking. I don't really know how you get more grifting than all these Ngo political orgs.
The immediate plan, rightly, seems to be to grow membership and win more seats. They've had success on both fronts, too.
Having broad membership and/or having representatives in positions of power is a prerequisite to accomplishing anything.
Part of an effective plan to increase DSA membership and participation might be to force the M4A vote, campaign hard, make a few scenes, convince people that they have power, they are willing and able to use power, and are therefore worth supporting-joining-participating in.
This is where the "force the vote" idea loses me. How will getting clobbered in a vote and not getting M4A convince people that they have power? I don't see much to gain here, if anything. It's certainly not worth condemning anyone over either way.
The DSA keeps growing and winning more seats. While they aren't always going to be right, I think they've earned a presumption that their decisions are good ones.