if we currently had stricter gun control
The original comment I responded to was “let’s not act like a gun control zealot is what the US “left” needs right now”. Right now, we don’t have those stricter gun control laws, so your theoretical universe with the slippery slope is irrelevant. This is a race for NY Mayor, and Mamdani is exactly what we need right now.
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Gun control isn’t disarming everyone.
Hogg and others should form a shadow DNC (DSC?) as an organization with the goal of primarying weak Democrats. I’ve been done donating to the DNC for years, but I’d jump right on board with the DSC.
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Let me try to explain something to you. “Large” is not a fixed concept, it’s a relative measure. Can you point to me where any bill or proposal for increasing the minimum wage has proposed doing it overnight? They always get phased in, even in the most progressive proposals. When you say “large”, or even “large sweeping”, no body is going to presume that you are jumping to something that far out of scope.
You have been trying to “replace” them for decades. How is that working out for you?
You too have been trying to “replace” them for decades. How is that working out for you? We’ve gotten a few elected and pushed a few more in that direction. Where is your progress? You don’t get to start the clock over every election and pretend that your approach hasn’t been tried.
There is no coming over to the progressive side, because the progressive side doesn’t exist in that party.
I’m talking about voters, and I think that was pretty clear. If all you do in alienate voters, then your movement is nothing but performative.
And, where in the thread again was an instantaneous $5.00 raise to the minimum wage mentioned? Alluded to? Implied?
You are absolutely right, I’m not following the thread. I’m following the discussion, but the thread is a figment of your imagination, and I don’t know how to do that.
The Democrats could have run a far better campaign against Trump than they did. Trump was not a better choice, but he did run a better campaign.
If you want people to “wake the fuck up” then you need Democratic leadership that isn’t intent on putting them to sleep. The establishment doesn’t like it’s citizens awake.
Hmmm, “There is nothing else”. I’m rolling that around in my head and I just can’t figure out how that doesn’t imply that Democrats ran the best campaign they could.
It’s just reality that people need more than competent administrators. They need inspiration and they need leaders. Republicans inspire hate and lead people to ignorance. Democrats inspire nobody and lead them nowhere. Then Democrats whine that they can’t win because people are ignorant and hateful.
You cannot win elections by just being a more competent manager. Most voters aren’t competent enough to even recognize it. That’s how voters have always been. It’s nothing new.
What? You just disagreed with that. Fuckin-a
Your plan is the same plan the establishment uses in every single election. It’s the definition of insanity.
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It’s absolutely bullshit. Most of what progressives want is stuff we had 50 years ago. The boldest new proposal is Medicare for All. Somehow every single other developed economy in the world can achieve universal healthcare, but the richest country in the world can’t manage it? BULLSHIT! While you wrong your hands people are dying and lives are being ruined every single day. It’s profane, and it’s pathetic. Yes, we can do a hell of a lot better.
Third party strategies can not and will not work. However bad they are, the Democratic party has a stranglehold on media attention and a fiercely loyal following. Getting all those voters to collectively walk away is an insane notion.
I’ve got news for you. The entire party leadership is desperately trying to prevent any change whatsoever.
The Democrats lost ground with every demographic but college educated women. 2020 was an unusually high turnout election. 2024 was a regression to the mean, yet Trump’s vote total went up.
Blaming the voters is just electoral masturbation. It doesn’t lead anywhere. Do you have a plan to get better voters in 2028? Blaming voters is for politicians that don’t care about winning. In other words, it’s for establishment Democrats.
It took a long time for nature to figure out how to process wood, but it eventually happened. My wooden furniture is still standing though.
Exactly. There is no such thing as a labor shortage, only activities that people don’t think are worth the cost.