David Hogg has faced sharp criticism for his plan to fund challenges to incumbent Democrats, but a D.N.C. vote on Monday began with an earlier complaint about the procedures used in an internal party election.
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.
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.
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.
It won’t matter they will get the results they want to get.
And have no faith in the Democratic party anymore.