• @PopOfAfrica
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    5 months ago

    To a lot of progressives, Democrats are backsliding away from progressivism, not moving slowly towards it. If they need progressives to win, they sure arent acting like it.

    • Gormadt
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      65 months ago

      Get involved in politics and participate like hell

      Influence your local elections to the best of your abilities and encourage others to do the same

      The more stuff that can be done by getting people to act in a progressive way the more they’ll be steered in that direction

      And hell you could even try running in your local elections too, you’d be surprised how simple it can be in a lot of places

      • @PopOfAfrica
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        5 months ago

        I’m seeing people in this very thread being hesitant to admit that Democrats should probably court progressives for a victory.

        A lot of people, even here on Lemmy, which is supposed to be quite left leaning, would rather Trump win than throw progressives a bone.

        Perhaps I’m just reading into this too much, but it seems like Democrats are being actively hostile against progressives right now. How are we supposed to change things if they are being outright hostile towards progressivism?

        This is the uphill battle that Democrats are going to have to face. You can’t continuously alienate your voter base and then expect positive results. The base factually is already alienated. The question is, what will Democrats do to win them back? Is it too late? The clock is ticking And I don’t think the Democrats are learning the correct lesson.

        • @Feathercrown
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          05 months ago

          Translation: “I’m holding the nation hostage but the democrats aren’t negotiating with me”

          • @PopOfAfrica
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            Let’s assume it is a hostage situation. It isn’t but let’s humor you.

            Guess you think is worth not giving in, eh?