The rail union contract expires at the end of this year meaning the rail union workers can strike again sometime in 2025. Whoever wins the 2024 general election and becomes president will immediately have to deal with that possibility. If Biden is serious about how Trump is the biggest threat we face then promising to veto any attempts to force another contract onto the rail unions is a bargain.

Your move Joe. Are you willing to compromise with leftists or do you want to go down in history as the second establishment Democrat who lost to Donald Trump?

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    • Is it a big-tent party of unity, or not?
    • Does my voice matter, or not?
    • Do you care about my voice, or not?
    • If progressive/left wing voters are such a minority as to not be worth considering, then why get so twisted if they vote third party or sit it out?

    If the DNC wanted left coalitions or big-tent unity, they’d end FPTP elections and kill superdelegates. They can do both, but won’t try either. Bully coalition wings into unity every two years, then back to business as usual 😎

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      Is it a big-tent party of unity, or not?

      Depends, are you going to take one of the more progressive administrations this country has had and throw a hissy fit because it’s far from perfect, and hand victory over to a literal fascist who has promised to be a dictator on day one of his term?

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        Aaaand there’s the bullying & strawman. Still going to vote for Biden despite FPTP

        Somehow European countries manage to have center-left or left-left coalitions and maintain a stable government. It’s almost like they ✨got rid of shitty voting systems ✨that force parties to the right of the spectrum

        …or is that perpetual looming threat a feature for the DNC, and not a bug? 🤔

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        You can compromise with us or risk losing to fascists. Make a choice.

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          The risk of losing to fascists is there either way. What, do you think that compromise with progressive positions is nothing but a net electoral gain? You’d have to be stone-dead stupid to look at the American electorate and believe that.

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            That’s a tacit admission you’re fighting us. With every effort by progressives and leftists you’ll be there saying it’s too radical and the electorate won’t go for it. You will insist it’s never the right time. It’s never the right way.

            We are not on the same side.

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              As a progressive, I’m opposed to fascism. As a useful idiot, you’re indifferent to it.

              You are right. We aren’t on the same side.

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                You can call yourself whatever you want but I’m curious what actions differentiate you from a moderate. You’re attacking progressive and moderate efforts, insisting we vote for procorporate trash and calling us names for attempting to push for something better.

                The party has no shortage of Boomer moderates acting the same way as you and saying the same things as you. What exactly do you think you’re contributing to progressive efforts?

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                  I’m ‘behaving no different than a moderate’ because I think a moderate is preferable to fascism.

                  Okay. You have fun with that.

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                    You’re a progressive who behaves like a moderate then? Why not just call yourself a moderate?

                    Anyway, I’m not sure what you hope to accomplish here. I’m not changing my mind on this and I suspect a substantial population of voters Joe Biden is depending on to win feel the same way. You coming in here calling us names isn’t going to change our minds. So what’s your goal?