Just taking a chainsaw to their own credibility…again.
It goes to a full vote next, so if the votes remain the same 3:2 to keep him, then all good. Great maybe, since it could be used aa evidence that his reforms carry the mandate of the party membership.
“The DNC chooses Hillary Clinton to head the DNC and Biden will be her Vice Chair. Look we have a woman! Vote please.”
Anyone who was surprised raise your hand.
Progressives have the numbers, I think, so perhaps it’s time for a progressive party. Faith in dems has never been lower.
We don’t need to convince the old guard. If we can get center members of the party to split off (folks like Buttigeg and Walz) and convince a good chunk of the non-voters to show up, I think it would be doable to supplant the Dems entirely.
We don’t actually have the numbers to win. Something like 1/3 of people who vote for Democrats are probably progressives.
What’s missing is the the kind of media machine the Republicans have. Without that, any kind of left-of-center message just gets overwhelmed by lies about it.
Something like 1/3 of people who vote for Democrats are probably progressives.
But how many more potential progressives don’t vote at all?
There are a lot of people who feel like the government is just going to screw them over no matter who is elected (which is true!) They may not be familiar with the language of academic socialism, but if you start saying it in plain English I think they’ll be pretty much on board.
Fighting corruption, making the rich pay their fair share, free healthcare, and fuck landlords are all pretty popular ideas
I agree, but the first and biggest hurdle to that is convincing progressives to stop burying their heads in the sand. That’s… uh… good luck, but I’m not hopeful.
The Party of Complicity does not like progressives
