What you said is what they want you to think. Lord knows both major parties in the US have serious problems, but if you think they're indistinguishable, you're not paying attention.
He used to hang out with the 1960s Democratic Party mighty, even ran in an election. His essays are pretty sharp.
I never said that the Democrats are perfect. They're not even all that good. As often as not, they're the lesser evil. That doesn't mean it's rational to stay home and let the greater evil win.
I'll grant you there are other topics on which they differ, but depending on what you look at, your options quickly blur together.
I don't disagree with anything you said, either. It sucks, and I said so. People are reacting like I said the Democrats were nearly perfect, and I'm not sure how anyone got that from what I actually said.