I think your confusing me saying what the party has spent decades doing, and me saying it’s a good idea.

Clearly it’s not.

Because even if it gets a few in office, they’re unwilling to actually fix anything because it may piss off the hypothetical former Republicans that never vote D anyways.

A cynic would say party leadership is smart enough to understand this, and it’s all a lie to justify keeping donors happy. Because the party wants those donations and is banking on “what are you going to do, vote Republican?” To get just enough votes to win the election.

In reality it just makes the office cycle between the two parties. And Republicans break as much as they can, and Dems don’t fix it fast enough before Republicans get it back.

Resulting in a slow but consistent destruction of America, which further depresses turnout and keeps the cycle going on a long timeline.

Which could all be fixed by electing progressives willing to try as hard as they can, even if they fail

If we do that, then the wealthy donors stop donating. And current party leadership gets replaced.

Good luck convincing them to do that.