I think a better metaphor is fermentation.
It happens naturally whenever the ingredients are brought together but in order to get a quality product you need ridiculous amounts of knowledge, process, and technology.
And even a tiny bit of the wrong bacteria can ruin an entire batch, but people will still drink it and go blind.
Until we drop First Past the Post voting for Ranked Choice, we will never be free of the regressive portions of the democratic party.
TO BE CLEAR: This isn’t a ‘both sides’ argument. Only one party tried to overthrow a legal election by force.
That said, voting blue is only necessary because we realistically have no other choice under our current voting structure.