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Fury Grows Over Democratic Complacency in Face of Looming War of Choice in Iran
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this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2025
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We need to change the Democratic party if we want to stop any of this madness. In their current form, they are the in the way of fixing this mess. We're reaping the fruits of those who blocked criticism and the calls for reform of the DNC: Its Blue No Matter Who put us here. If we can break through on the DNC we can find a way out of this. With the DNC as they are, there is no political path forwards. And with no political path forward, the only remaining option is violence.
We're locked in a room with a cult that has completely lost their minds, and the people who hold the chains of our political fates, the DNC, are arguing "Be reasonable. Maybe the psychopaths have some interesting ideas". Then we have to spend most of our energy arguing with those who complain about us wanting to fight those who hold the literal chains that prevent us from directly confronting the psychopaths. If BNMW/ Blue Dogs/ Blue MAGA cant step out of the way and take a back seat with regards to the direction of this party, then I guess we'll both find out how this ends, just not together.
Goddamn sick and tired of hearing how we need to change the Democrats. This like police reform, it can't be done. Only solution is to destroy the party completely and build a new one.
I mean, I think you are expressing a valid point and maybe right. The apologists defending Democrats from changing may have brought us over a cliff.
The Democratic Party can either adopt that message, or another party that does can be created. Both seem like valid solutions to me.
There is: Abandon the DNC and organize elsewhere. And please spare me the FTPT stuff; the current US political landscape allows—no, demands—the rise of a leftwing party at the expense of the Democrats. Organize in your workplace and neighborhood with explicitly political goals. It's about time the people threw their hat in the ring again.
Okay the US is fucked and at this point there aren't going to be free and fair elections. What do you propose people do about it? Stay in lockstep with the ineffectual DNC?
I think this perspective is too short-sighted, and the idea that going against the party a whole 25% of the time is more than a little ridiculous, but also that's not the point. I asked a question about the future, not about the past.