Defeatist because I refuse to succumb to the lull of easy answer Democratic party politics as usual?

Guilty as charged.

I consider myself a pragmatic optimist. Which is just another way of saying I'm not a Democrat.

My attitude might appear defeatist to you, but I'm guessing that is because you are looking for a strategy where Democrats win the White House and change the priorities and direction of the federal government.

I don't believe that can happen under the current two party system. It has been corrupted to the point where we rely upon those guilty of corruption to save us.

That's sort of like electoral Stockholm syndrome, IMO.

Which is why I'm concentrating my energy and efforts outside of electoral politics these days. I truly believe electoral politics in the US is a lost cause. I'm not the only person here who has said that, so I don't know why you are singling me out instead of, for instance, catspaw or Bobert. But I can take the heat.