They were told that during the last election and did not listen, correction, they ignored us.
this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2025
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Last elections.
Since, like, 2012 at least.
Carter's reelection. When they abandoned New Deal politics.
True, true. I just say 2012 because it's contemporary enough to still be relevant to modern politics and obviously followed Obama's disappointing 1st term, which had a huge grassroots, "we're gonna make some real changes" feel to it. But you're right that's it's been a while since we had a president/candidate even close to left of center
Nader was also a populist
Yeah, not a chance of that happening.
Yeah, move away from the small dollar (grassroots) donors! What a great way to represent the electorate! We're beyond cooked.
Mr Overton, shift your window to the right. Yes, again. And again …
You guys need a new party, one that is actually left
Our system makes 3rd parties nonviable. But at this point, even that seems potentially more successful than Dems just continually sliding "center" (AKA right).
Two parties, two big corporate parties, too big to fail, even when that's all they do.
We gotta organize and do what Maga threatened to do to the right. Maga threatened to split the right which dragged the whole republican party further right. Let's do the same with the democrats. Force the party more progressive.
I'm into it.
You got it. At some point you'll have to bite the bullet unless you want MAGA forever.
Spoiler: they won’t
"Democrats must become the workers party again now that it's too late"
I can think of nothing less progressive than trying to redirect activist energy into a failed capitalist party like the Democrats.
Like the British labour party. They won't become the workers party, they will continue to pander to the capitalists, landlords and bosses, even when the writings on the wall with liberalism and the harm its caused to the lower and middle class.
let's give the new dnc chair, who comes from the minnesota dfl*, a chance, eh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Martin
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ken-martin-dnc-chair-election/
* that's minnesota's democrat-farmer-laborer party
Time for a good ol grass roots push. That's how the republicans turned into a dumpstet fire.