FoxtrotDeltaTangoJust a reminder
To only have two sides is the problem.
How much longer will this be a cookie cutter answer?
Until there are enough grassroots progressive candidates to take over the democratic party the same way the tea party movement took over the republican party, and finally some progressive initiatives can pass into law, such as eliminating FPTP.
Please don’t take the “just vote democrats into office” answer to mean “sit tight and do nothing but vote” when voting is really the bare minimum activism you should be doing to preserve a democratic system.
Tag Your Toe@searabbit @RockBottom "the same way the tea party movement took over the republican party"
How did this work out for the country? I forget.
I just wonder how patient US voters are, for the changes you project.
@RockBottom @searabbit They can always touch the fuckin' stove again if the injuries they caused themselves last time aren't healing fast enough for their liking. 🤷♂️
agamemnonymousDoes it matter? Most voters have no attention span. They aren’t revolutionaries. They aren’t going to take to the streets no matter how bad things get. Stop trying to change people who aren’t going to change when you lack the influence to change them in the first place, and focus on trying to leverage what you’ve got as productively as you can.
Build your cadres, make the change you can, and make lemonade from the lemons you’ve got.
DigitLet’s get Democrats controlling all three branches of government for more than 30 seconds to start.
🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞And by “controlling” we mean “supermajority” thanks to the veto and filibuster.
And will things magically be better? Well, better, yes, good, no. First, it takes a lot of time to undo the harm fascists have done. And second, our oligarchs would still be in control, pushing for their needs above ours.
So we need to… solve… our oligarch problem AND win a supermajority AND then We the People need to push that Overton window back to the left, forcing our politicians to serve our needs.
…which is why I say we’re pretty fucked. But that’s what needs to happen, anyway.
DarkFutureUntil Americans learn how to vote for 3rd parties in local/state elections and get more than ZERO 3rd party representatives in Congress.