TenderLovingKiller®
Well-Known Member
That’s kinda my point. The majority of Dems support progressive ideas. The only reason they put forward moderate candidates is because they feel like a moderate would be more competitive, but if the GOP are gonna paint these moderate candidates as Left of Che Guevara and when the Moderates lose, the media is gonna blame the Progressive Left for pushing the party to the extremes then why not put up actual Progressives with actual progressive agendas. Right now it feels like Progressives get most of the blame when Dems lose and very little of the actual power when they win.Exactly.
Where's my $600?
This is all they remember. Dems promised to send out $2000 checks if they were elected and they couldn't even do that right.
In most instances, as in this instance, the reason for the failure had nothing to do with progressive policies. If we put up progressive candidates that cannot be bought by corporate interests, how are our politicians expected to keep insider trading? And what about all those vacations and speaking gigs from lobbyists? How are they supposed to afford private jet fuel to go to conferences on climate change? And what do you want these people to do for healthcare? Go on one of those abysmal marketplace plans? What will happen to the carefully constructed web of nepotism that these people come to rely on? Really, you are talking about burning down a huge system of bribery, lying and cheating, and displacing all of the sadists holding office.
Any progressive policy is going to be unrealistic because it calls for redistribution away from these people.
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