Blood for the Liberal Algorithm: How the Democratic Base Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Martyr by Kevin Wikse
Blood for the Liberal Algorithm” — Visual analysis by Kevin Wikse examining how media amplification incentives encourage political martyrdom and escalation in Minneapolis. There’s a moment in every collapsing belief system when it stops pretending it wants to win—and starts admitting it wants a body. On July 7, 2025, Axios did the unthinkable: it told the truth out loud. Not by accident. Not through a leak. But by calmly documenting something rotten in the marrow of the modern Democratic Party—its base is no longer satisfied with opposition, protest, or even chaos. It wants blood. Preferably its own. Preferably on camera. Read the quotes slowly. Not once, but twice. Democratic members of Congress—many speaking anonymously, and for good reason—describe constituents demanding that lawmakers “be willing to get shot,” that “there needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public,” that civility has failed and violence is now a leg...