Lance Parsons
Robert ReichDemocrats: Stop Running to the Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQzG_TrhyrY&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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T4$@rbreich I fully agree with everything said in this. But... which Democrats? The politicians are focused on campaign fund raising because that is what politics in this nation have become: pay to play. They can't run on policies alone because the opposition will "media blitz" them out of existence. We are not in a position to remove Citizens United, but that plus regulations to limit campaign contributions are what is needed. Far too late to do anything like that now.
Anonomouse13Hypothetically, "Corporate Democrats" are blue tie wearing Republicans; in-party parasites slowing down secular progressivism to the point Democrats are functionally stunted.
David Reinertson@rbreich Bravery and intellectual independence can be spoken in the first person.
Try “I think..”, “I will..”, “I did…”
If we think and do by ourselves, the “Dems” “brand” will improve.
Try “I think..”, “I will..”, “I did…”
If we think and do by ourselves, the “Dems” “brand” will improve.
GhostOnTheHalfShellThe problem with Democrats as they don’t see a rival political force pulling “leftward”, a rival force that demands representation, that demands government get out of our lives in all the right way, drives out the corporate invasion into our lives and provides services in all the right ways.
billionaires are waging against all humanity. Their goal is to either subjugate or kill us. A tyranny by *their gov* taking our freedoms, dignity and lives.
It’s that simple.
ady@rbreich Agreed, why do ya'll keep making this about red vs blue?? That's literally playing into it. Create community and movilize as one, this whole "democrats have to fight republicans" only makes the public against each other. In power, blue and red benefit from the same systems; systems put in place FOR control. Neither, as a whole, are there for the greater good but to serve a few. (yes, there are good people with good intentions in office, but the problem it's with the system itself)
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Rando@rbreich they aren't going to. they are going to enable fascism every step of the way until they find themselves in a concentration camp completely bewildered by how they got there.
Grassroots JoeThe data, reviewed in enlightening detail in this Mike Podhorzer piece (https://www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-won) and discussed in this Charting the Way Forward episode (https://chartingthewayforward.buzzsprout.com/2415376/episodes/16490801-the-missing-19-million-biden-voters-and-the-pilgrimage-out-of-flatland-feat-mike-podhorzer) strongly supports Prof. Reich's position.
There is an important piece missing from Reich's analysis and argument, the centrality of dog-whistle politics and scapegoating to MAGA’s project.
Not tackling this head on by focusing only on economics is a recipe for continued electoral failure.
Race, class ...
and gender must be part of every political and quasi-political conversation and communication.
Why ? Because voters marinated in MAGA propaganda will vote against policy they know is good for them if they think "others" will benefit.
To find out how to do this, please read and bookmark the Freedom Over Fascism toolkit (it's updated regularly), https://bit.ly/freedom-toolkit.
If you want to learn more about the race-class-gender narrative, please check out the links in my pinned toots.
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daihard (he/him) 🌸@captainrob @rbreich I agree with you. I assume Robert considers the Democrats to be left of centre and wants them to stop moving closer to the centre. (I'm probably preaching to the choir.)
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️Indeed as the Democrats race for the centre the Republicans keep moving it to the right.
Samhain Night@rbreich "Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man. As you take a step towards him, he takes a step back. Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man..." quote from @JuliusGoat
- T H A N K Y O U -
Things are so tilted to the fascist side, LBJ's common sense, barely left leaning "Four Freedoms" are now "hyper left wing" AKA Bernie Sanders "communist / socialist / Californian / Democrat (ergo heretical)".
Mention them without mentioning LBJ, and the comment section on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and SubStack will be a million insults equating it to Mao's "Great Leap backwards".
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