Will Dems Pick Up Their Sword?
Will Dems Pick Up Their Sword?
(Ed. Note: I go into a lot of detail below. The bottom...
The continuing resolution is the one near-term lever Democrats might have to limit the Musk/Trump administration lawbreaking.
A current tally of positions on the Continuing Resolution makes it quite clear that things are very much in flux right now, which makes constituent pressure important. Call your senators and tell them to oppose.
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{I previously posted on Masto, but still relevant to here}
The war never ended for the Confederates, we all know that.
"The South Will Rise Again" wasn't conjecture.
But it took collusion, and cooperation to make this come to pass. And now we know explicitly that Greed has no party affiliation.
-After all this 'blue across the board' bullshit. -After blaming the fucking voters, instead of their own cowardliness and lack of vision. -Deciding Trans folks are now politically expendable. -The fucking wishy-washy "We need to reach across the aisle" placation.
I don't think the 'good ones' have enough to take the DNC. Why they aren't announcing a third party right now, fucking mystifies me.
I've been independent after they screwed over Gore, but still, voting the lesser-evil was mandatory.
There is no 'lesser evil' now
Why they aren't announcing a third party right now, fucking mystifies me.
Because of basic game theory. The US is a two-party state for fundamental structural reasons.
That said, the identities of the two parties have changed every once in a while. Seems like they're overdue for another such shakeup at this point, but who knows when it'll come. Could be that the two existing parties have figured out how to stall that.
I don't necessarily disagree. But I think a populist, pro social, pro union, publicly engaged party would become that new duopoly. The dems are dead in the water. Upon seeing any marginal success I would think (hope) the center-left dems would rapidly abandon Pelosi and Co.
It's the perfect time for a populist candidate to succeed. It'd also be a pretty well timed repeat of history.
That said, the identities of the two parties have changed every once in a while.
Exactly. A progressive leftwing party would be perfectly positioned to cannibalize the DNC and become the leftwing party of the duopoly and maybe hopefully abolish the electoral college.
I don't think the 'good ones' have enough to take the DNC. Why they aren't announcing a third party right now, fucking mystifies me.
Because of the spoiler fallacy and American progressives' Stockholm syndrome-style attachment to the Democrats.