absolutely, I 100% agree. The democrats in MN and MI didn’t move left because they wanted to, they moved left because if they didn’t then their constituents would be pissed. It’s also worth pointing out that the progressive policies passed in those states didn’t have anything less than 70% support. Keeping and hoarding power is the only reason establishment parties do anything, and we should never forget that. They have a useful framework that can be pretty easily co-opted from the local level. The work done by independents and progressive third parties are just as important as hijacking the democratic party for a leftist agenda, but we should be prepared to drop them like a turd the moment the Republican party falls into total insolvency.
Yea. Unfortunately with the two party system, we literally HAVE to go through Democrats to get any power.
Which makes it all the more important to always remember that Democrats are not allies to progressives when progressives are the other party. Democrats actually like a slow ineffectual government.
absolutely, I 100% agree. The democrats in MN and MI didn’t move left because they wanted to, they moved left because if they didn’t then their constituents would be pissed. It’s also worth pointing out that the progressive policies passed in those states didn’t have anything less than 70% support. Keeping and hoarding power is the only reason establishment parties do anything, and we should never forget that. They have a useful framework that can be pretty easily co-opted from the local level. The work done by independents and progressive third parties are just as important as hijacking the democratic party for a leftist agenda, but we should be prepared to drop them like a turd the moment the Republican party falls into total insolvency.
Yea. Unfortunately with the two party system, we literally HAVE to go through Democrats to get any power.
Which makes it all the more important to always remember that Democrats are not allies to progressives when progressives are the other party. Democrats actually like a slow ineffectual government.