Democrats have a choice: continue as the loyal opposition in a political order defined primarily by the populist right, or mobilize a transformative ideological vision and distinctive set of policies capable of defining the political order itself.
In my view: the Dems started to see how popular progressive stances were, but their donors didn’t like it. That’s why Bernie got shut down despite winning primaries.
This same logic has continued until now. Follow the money. Pelosi and other hardline Dems are bought and sold.
The way forward is for the Dems to abandon the dinosaurs and embrace the progressive coalition. Focus on bringing in other progressives. NB: most who claim to be progressive in the party currently are, at best, centrists who don’t really know where the goalpost is.
The Dems will not win another election until they choose people over money. I am fully aware that means they just might not win again.
Populism is powerful, and despite Trump being 100% about the money, he has harnessed the power of populism.
They don’t want to win, because their underdog status nets them even more donations.
They will certainly keep losing using their same playbook; the key to any change will be cutting them off from the free funding they get from people rightfully terrified of the GOP. In other words, there is NO party that currently represents, or looks out for the average American citizen in today’s America.
In my view: the Dems started to see how popular progressive stances were, but their donors didn’t like it. That’s why Bernie got shut down despite winning primaries.
This same logic has continued until now. Follow the money. Pelosi and other hardline Dems are bought and sold.
The way forward is for the Dems to abandon the dinosaurs and embrace the progressive coalition. Focus on bringing in other progressives. NB: most who claim to be progressive in the party currently are, at best, centrists who don’t really know where the goalpost is.
The Dems will not win another election until they choose people over money. I am fully aware that means they just might not win again.
Populism is powerful, and despite Trump being 100% about the money, he has harnessed the power of populism.
They don’t want to win, because their underdog status nets them even more donations.
They will certainly keep losing using their same playbook; the key to any change will be cutting them off from the free funding they get from people rightfully terrified of the GOP. In other words, there is NO party that currently represents, or looks out for the average American citizen in today’s America.