• @minorkeys
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    03 days ago

    And nobody you listed has been in positions of significant leadership. The DNC stopped populist Bernie, Pelosi is shuttering AOC, none of them has been close to DNC leadership roles let alone the presidency. Bernie came into the DNC with his own political clout he built from outside the DNC which is the only reason he is where he is. DNC leadership actively suppresses changes in top leadership.

    My point isn’t that good people don’t exist it’s that the systems we have seem to actively and aggressively prevent them from gaining any real power. Good people are a threat to the way things are being done and less than good people keep it that way.

    • @Serinus
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      23 days ago

      the systems we have seem to actively and aggressively prevent them from gaining any real power.

      Primarily by not getting enough votes. And those systems are advertisements, PACs, and control of the media.

      If we could counter those systems, we’d have a pretty good shot at fixing it.

      • @Serinus
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        23 days ago

        There are absolutely certain, very select places we should look at primaries to get more progressive candidates. Places like the West Virginia seat in the Senate held by a “Democrat” isn’t on that list, for example.

        We should be very careful about which places we want to primary. The neolib-leaning Dems are not the primary problem in this country. They’re a relatively small (in comparison) factor.

        My ideal is that the Dems win so much that the Republicans stop being a competitive party. One party rule isn’t going to last long. We’d have the same kind of infighting that either party has now when they get control, and if the “one party” thing lasted long enough, it’d split. THAT would be the time to gear up against the neolibs.

        I understand this is a slow, frustrating process. And who knows if we can even keep traction to get started. But most importantly I’m sick of our getting stuck in the mud and deciding that the problem is that we’re not slamming the pedal hard enough.