I ordinarily want to stan @Pinboard but he's sophisticated enough of a political fundraiser for this critique to be completely disingenuous.
No, it would not be better if @AOC stopped running Facebook ads to find donors and started spending time dialing rich people instead.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1349403734430818304 …
We've just seen some of the most sophisticated teams in US politics in 2020 burn through hundreds of millions of dollars for no result whatsoever, so the sophisticated strategy argument is less persuasive today. I'm sure Bloomberg and McGrath have amazing lists, for example.