In every election “left-leaning” neoliberals always try to guilt-trip Marxists into voting for their candidates with the usual schpiel: “Your party doesn’t have enough votes to win. You are just letting conservatives win”. What do you tell these people?
It’s always the same “something something First Past The Post” spiel. You gotta vote for the opponent of who you hate. I just argue about how broken it is and I may get some nods in agreement here and there but everyone always says “that’s just how it is.” Anytime I bring up the possibility of the system needing to change, through whatever means necessary, I get shot down and condescended to.