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The Democrats are campaigning as if the mid-terms will be free and fair elections. That is a mistake.
(www.theguardian.com)
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The DNC and corporate Democrats would rather have a fascist takeover than empower actual leftwing policies, so I don't think that eventuality really bothers them as much as the possibility of losing control over the power structures of the Democratic party does.
For the leaders of the Democratic party, if they complete the parties transition to an entirely controlled opposition party if anything that makes the jobs of dumpsterfires like Chuck Shumer and Hakeem Jeffries easier, whenever their job gets hard they can just threaten anybody left of them that they will get hurt by their Republican colleagues and their violent thugs if they keep talking like that. They don't have to campaign on doing or accomplishing anything since the fascist regime is in relative terms so horrific people will feel forced to vote against it for "opposition party" politicians who are worse than useless but still technically better.
I think it makes perfect sense for the power structures of the DNC to act like this will be a fair election, the best outcome for them is it won't be and it will thus make the job of leaders in the DNC far easier. Then they can just work as an advertising campaign for something that doesn't exist and nobody will have any expectations for them to actually be able to accomplish anything material. This is the dream job description for both Chuck Shumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
I have listened to Hakeem Jeffries a lot in interviews and the strangest thing is that I legitimately believe that he is a true believer in the Democratic project, and not a cynical opportunist. Somehow he believes that the neoliberal project from the 1990s that has already failed is truly the best way forward. Dude is a bit of a moron but I legitimately think he believes everything he says and does is right.
I believe, as I'm sure many of you do, that this is because even though open and fair democracy is at stake here, their wealth is not.
A left wing agenda threatens their wealth. That is clearly the thing they care about most, to the detriment of their electorate.
Wow. I consider myself very cynical and but even I never would have thought of it like that. It does make sense though. If they take action now after delaying so long there will be cries of "what took you so long". They need Trump to do something so awful, like abandon democracy completely, that the finger will only ever be pointed at him as the villain.
The US is crying out for competent third party that better represents the electorate. If funding could somehow be secured (massive or even impossible if) then they would surely wipe the floor with the Republicans and Democrats. By now many people surely feel they are no longer represented by either party.