Of course not. If the first move on a chess board was to simply take your opponent’s king, that would always be the first move in every game.

Having the midterm vote suppressed is just one sacrificial pawn in the direction of what needs to be done to eradicate fascism.

Knowing what to do isn’t that valuable if you don’t time it correctly. It’s not just one person or party. It is systemic and requires a critical mass of history to be successful.

Variation on the theme: would you ever tell your child “You weren’t worth it.”

OP assuming you are asking for a reason, my view after some time is that when a parent make a statement like that it reflects more about the parent than the child.