Put it in the pile?

We’ve got a massive stack of evidence showing that progressive policies and candidates are popular and win elections; that centrists and moderates lose elections; and that the main reason why Democrats fail to perform is when they try to get RW’ing voters instead of activating their base, trying to get LW’ing voters. We’ve got like 2.5 decades of consistent data showing this. The two problems we have are 1) we have a media and Democratic consultant class for whom maintaining control of the party is a higher priority than maintaining control of government as a party, and that 2) these people and the voters have very different interests that don’t align and are basically exclusive to one another.

The biggest opposition to Democrats winning elections isn’t Republicans, it’s Democrats who are wrong about where the country is at, who are wrong about how elections work, and who can’t be removed from any office because at its core, the Democratic Party is a fundamentally undemocratic institution (like, we’ve had supreme court rulings on the matter).

So stack it up. The evidence is clear that Democratic socialist policies win Democrats elections. But with apologists always willing to come out and make apologies for business as usual, well never be able to to break the blood brain barrier within the DNC.

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The establishment politicians of the Democratic party are why they are polling at historic lows, but I’m also concerned that too much has been placed on Mamdani’s shoulders in regards to the future of the party. Its one race, in a state with a Democratic party that is very different than Democratic parties in the rest of the country, with a voting system that while better, is more subject to uncertainty than we’re used to. A lot of fuckery can happen between now and then.

Mamdani isn’t a super hero and a lot can happen between here and there. Its a good thing that he’s doing well, but its not clear whatsoever that there is a political path towards defeating fascism in the US, even if Mamdani pulls this out. If they do, its a largely aesthetic win; its not like a senate seat or the house is in play from this.

We need to fully digest the fact that politics have failed us and recognize that we may need to move on with regards to the fight against fascism. Ideally, there is both a political path to fighting fascism and a boots on the ground path, but I’m concerned about over investing in political paths which have repeatedly demonstrated themselves to be a waste of resources, effort, and mind share.

Gonna need some well balanced centrifuges for that.

As far as what I understand you are saying…

these are free solar panels and cameras?

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Martin did phenomenal work in MN. I was genuinely surprised he got through the gauntlet.

We need seismic change within the Democratic party to show people they are worthy of their vote. You can’t lie to and disenfranchise voters for decades, then make the argument “but we’re not as bad as the other guy” and have it land.

…“innocent until proven guilty brown”.

ftfy

How the Israel-Palestine conflict is playing heavily into the mayoral race, and how New York voters care a lot about candidates’ positions on it

That’s a much better headline.

Why is a foreign government playing any role in any US elections is always the question we should be asking.

I think a corollary would be the Euromaidan/ Maidan protests of 2014. The US has been utterly corrupted by fascist ideology through distributed and targeted propaganda campaigns coming out of, guess who, Russia.

At any rate, I have a feeling the situation in the US is entering a make or break phase. Good luck and courage to all sane Americans.

I think we’re just getting started. Two things: one, that the US military police state has an extreme propensity for violence; and two the American people are slow to move, but once motivated to act, tend to also escalate with additional force. We’re entering a protests get met with force, protests expand, become more extreme fly wheel. People on the right have been propagandized to for decades to prepare for “war” against their fellow citizens. And I mean that in no uncertain terms. This is a propaganda effort that’s been in effect for decades.

I wonder if this is Musks “you wouldnt have won the election without me” quote.