It’s nice to see many people are giving the Democratic establishment the middle finger by declaring that they won't vote for Hillary in November if she gets the nomination. However, it's almost May, and six months is a long time from now. Will the Bernie or Bust movement be able to hold strong until then? If Hillary gets the nomination, it’ll be the beginning of the long walk.

It really says something about our democratic system that our choices in November could be between a neocon and a fascist. How the fuck did we get to this point? Seriously, both these candidates are unacceptable for the highest office in the land—or even any sort of public office, really. Hillary doesn’t deserve to be president based on her performance in the various offices she’s held and Trump is grossly unqualified, based on his performance in… uh, well, life (anyone can inherit wealth, if they’re fortunate enough to have a rich relative). Outside of their respective rhetoric, these two characters have almost nothing in common with the majority of Americans.

If the Bernie or Bust movement is still significant by the time the GE campaign starts, you can bet that the narrative that Hillary and the Democratic Party will put forth will be one that burdens voters with the responsibility of preventing a Trump presidency by voting for her.

I think we can expect Hillary and the Democratic Party, as well as their surrogates and celebrity endorsers, to lay the pressure on thick and really lean into progressives. Expect emotional appeals in order to coax liberals to vote for Hillary, specifically in the form of fear—fear and shame, but fear, fear, fear.

At first, it'll be easy to ignore the establishment fear mongering, but given Trumps antics and his propensity to say outrageous things, little by little it will start to seem more and more irresponsible to allow Trump to become president. There will probably be a bunch of Bernie or Bust folks that’ll cave and vote for Hillary, if they vote at all, and it wouldn’t be hard to see why they would.

The gist of it will probably be like this: if you don’t vote for Hillary, you’re responsible for Trump winning. Ah, but that cuts both ways. If you do vote for Hillary, you’ll be responsible for getting her elected. Dear liberals, progressives, leftists, and left-leaning folks, do you really want to be responsible for either of these two?

Just remember that the differences between Democrats and Republicans lie mostly in their social policies. There’s only a slight difference in their economic policies is that Dems haven’t gone full neoliberal. Everybody knows never do a full neoliberal. The Dems couldn’t win elections that way. Case in point: Mary Landrieu from Louisiana.

Besides the Democratic fear campaign, you’ll also have Bernie’s surrogates going out and imploring people to vote for Hillary. The Bernster himself looks poised to support Hillary:

Bernie Sanders told MSNBC yesterday, “I will do everything that I can, and I think Hillary Clinton and I agree on this, that we will do everything we can to make sure that a Republican does not win the White House. I will knock my brains out, I will work seven days a week to make sure that that does not happen if I am the nominee and if I am not the nominee. That's what I will do.

Well, Bernie is a man of integrity, and since he is running for the nomination as a Democrat, it wouldn’t do for a man like him to besmirch his own honor, unless there are some mitigating circumstances (i.e., maybe an indictment). In any case, he’ll do what he has to do, and you’ll do what you have to do. We each have our part to play.

I want to keep clear-eyed throughout this thing. It’s going to be tough going forward. The thought of Trump as president is not a nice one, and Hillary is no bargain. It feels like a choice between crack and meth. As November draws nearer, more and more liberals may feel compelled to vote for Hillary out of fear of a potential Trump presidency. It’s a double bind, but there is another way—a third way, if you will.

See, I’m aware that many Berniecrats are probably first time voters, and that if Bernie doesn't win the nomination, these people will probably sit out subsequent elections. That would be such a waste. Instead, they should give their support to third-party candidates, preferably the Green Party. Jill Stein’s platform is similar to Bernie’s, although she's to the left of Bernie, but I’m sure that shouldn’t be a problem.

In any case, no one should abstain from voting. So, the new task, in my opinion, would be to grow the Green Party, instead of wallowing in despair. I think that’s something to look forward to down the road.

You’ll know that the Bernie or Bust movement is still going strong if Democratic GOTV efforts are tinged with fear. Fear is the point. Whether you’re scared of somehow enabling a Trump presidency or what some GOP politician did, embrace it. This course of action may seem reckless, but ignore all the Demsplaining and stay the course.

Like I said, they’ll try to scare you into voting for Hillary—that you will be responsible for a potential Trump presidency, if you refuse to vote for her. Fuck that shit! You’re only responsible for the asshole you voted for, not the one you didn’t. However, ultimately, it’s the Democratic Party’s fault for enabling these cynical, sneering, pandering, Wall Street-bootlicking scum to run for office. It’s not the voters’ fault that many Democrats suck a bag of dicks.

Ignore the arguments of all of Hillary’s past accomplishments when she was a lawyer. These make better for retrospective arguments for why Hillary should’ve never sought public office—indeed she probably would’ve made a better child advocate than a politician, which she achieved by selling out her own values—than for reasons why she should be president. Hillary would’ve been best at heading an NGO focused on child welfare than corrupt politician, at least for the sake of humanity, since she’s good shown to be very adept at the latter, sans charisma. Remember that.

If Bernie doesn't secure the nomination, it will be the beginning of the long walk. Berniecrats will have to steel their resolve in order to successfully resist the attempts to fear and shame people into voting for Hillary. Remember, you're not responsible for who you don't vote for. Just be sure to get out there and vote. After the long walk, there will be the long road of trying to forge a better and more equitable political system—atrociously long.