We the People, endeavoring in an ever more perfect Union. Establish the Progressive Party of the United States. Party members will emphasize the value of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. As these are understood to be the foundation of Freedom.
For too long, has outside influence driven our politics. We seek to end Citizens United. The only money in politics should be our own.
The Two Party System, must come to an end. We shall seek to have Ranked Voting in each State of the Union.
We will seek a tax rate of no less, than ninety percent. On the wealthiest in this Country.
Higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy, along with a robust corporate tax reform. Will provide the necessary funds to enhance our existing infrastructure, and new national projects.
Of these projects, are the creation of a High Speed Rail Network, and heavy investments for public sector research into AI and Fusion technologies.
We believe that a strong military is needed for defense. However, wars of aggression and conquest are counter to the peace that we seek.
An educated populace, is a strong populace. We will seek to make higher education, available and free to all People.
We believe that we are a part of this world, and shall seek to restore and maintain our relations with our long term allies.
Discord: https://discord.gg/SYfpZhYQEm
What would you like to know? The premise is basically the Heritage Foundation of the Left. We infiltrate the Democrat Party, get ranked voting in each state, then burst out of their chest. Then we bully the nazis for all time. If the Right can pull a long con, why can't we?
It should be truth, not a con. If anything can succeed, it must be legitimately founded and won. It must be accepted and embraced. It cannot be a bait and switch.
This country, and the world at large, is under attack by a broad spectrum attack: money in politics, social media brain rot, constant streaming of entertainment to keep us distracted, yearning for more while dangling a carrot on a stick just out of reach... It goes on and on.
The means of success must be true and fully realized or we all lose.
We're well behind the eight ball on this. My gut says it's too late, but my drive keeps me pushing back.
Kill your social media accounts, delete your streaming platforms, don't fall for the dumb distractions like Ghibly avatars, stop supporting the sympathizer corporations. We all need to be better or we all lose together.
Amen brother. I'd even go as far and say we need to ban smart phones. We are not ready for them yet. Evidently.
I've been trying to get my hands on a viable e-ink phone for a while. For now I use GrapheneOS and limit my app installations.
I will be the first to admit that its a hard habit to break, but I'm getting there.
My phone is 10 years old and screams at me every time I "need" to install a new app for some stupid service I want to use. My gym has an app. My public transit. My car. My bank. My boba tea place. I look at it maybe twice a day, to see if my wife wrote anything about some chores I gotta do after work, and to turn off the alarm. Curiously, my circle of friends and friend-interaction has shrunk the more "BETTER CONNECTED (tm)" we became through social media over the years. The better my old group of friends and I became "connected", the more everyone drifted apart.
I have a job requirement to have mine on me. Having two would make it annoying. Your situation is envysome.
And what percentage of people would be willing to or even interested in doing this?
I mean it is the truth, but Americans in general are fed so much propaganda that they can't see what's in front of their own eyes.
I'm in the same boat, I expect to meet the Gestapo before any of this can bear fruit. I like to think of a better future though, one that will outlive all of us.
No need to bait and switch, just no need to get caught up in wedge issues. Promote what everyone agrees on, the rest is matter of course.
I disagree on this point. Look what capitulating to the Oligarchs, and those moderates who voted away America's Soul has gotten us. This needs to be the far left.
I didn't say capitulate, I said no need to make wedge issues a distraction and division. No need to ignore it, just do it. Someone makes a big deal, point out how taking others rights has resulted in the ever narrowing few that have rights.
The Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party, and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) failed at this.
The system changes you; you don't change the system within.
A party that is for the working class must be independent from the duopoly, not within it.
The Tea Party succeeded. The modern GOP has adopted the Tea Party's entire platform. The Tea Party originated within the Republican Party, and changed the system from within.
We desperately need a Guillotine Party to do the same thing for Democrats.
"From within" is the only feasible method currently available to us. The spoiler effect of our FPTP voting system makes external change infeasible.
Can we adopt Guillotine Party for the collective left? Cause that sounds badass.
Seems to me that whatever entity actually manages to politically decapitate the billionaire class has a solid claim to the name.
Dreams and goals lol
Well, the background is something that everyone should know or learn about.
I was reminded of Max Blumenthal talking about it.
For those interested:
Interview - Max Blumenthal - Republican Gomorrah [57:36 | SEP 25 2009 | talkingsticktv | https://lemmy.world/post/27562726]
And yet the magats did--they completely transformed the republican party--by getting their candidates "within" it. They started with the TEA party which didn't try to get elected running as a 3rd party, which is impossible, but ran as tea party republicans. They made sure there were tea party candidates in every repub primary they could, running to the right of the "mainstream" R candidate. They won many of those primaries simply because it's the activists who turn out for the primaries while most ignore them. Then in the general they won because republicans vote for whoever has the R by their name without thinking about it too much. This moved the R party to the right and drove out R moderates. Yes there were some losses because of the R being too far to the right for the general, but overall it brought the R party to what we see today.
Thanks for the reminder!
For those interested:
Interview - Max Blumenthal - Republican Gomorrah [57:36 | SEP 25 2009 | talkingsticktv | https://lemmy.world/post/27562726]
The plan is to get rid of Citizens United, and crowd fund our own candidates. Will it make them immune to corruption? No, but then we just pull funding and support.
It is always exciting when hearing about new third parties that are outside of the duopoly.
I think third parties need to collaborate with each other to bring the working class together.
Some of them being:
Good luck and best wishes!
I agree, I'll reach out to who I can. It's no longer left or right, this is Class War.
Awesome!
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We've got to get a toe in the door. Ideas?
There are many third parties.
They also have debates.^[[1] https://lemmy.world/post/12656737]
I think third parties need to collaborate with each other to bring the working class together.
It won't be easy going against the duopoly; it never is. For example, we would just need to look at the trouble the Green Party has had to go through from past elections.
I would also like to see more third parties in discussions with each other while also going to talk with independent media and with political commentators.
Some of the third parties that are independent from the duopoly are:
Yes, that's what I mean about getting a toe in the door. So I'm open to running as Dem, but IDK if the party would let that happen either.
AOC and others from the Justice Democrats won seats, so it is feasible.
I see them as a failed experiment that needed to be conducted.
Good luck and best wishes!
I'd like to see a platform. No bullying. They'll claim it's bullying anyway but no.
We're still working on it, what you read was a first draft. (I just got started 15 days ago) Feel free to drop proposal ideas, we're mostly Democratic Socialists. I went with my personal thoughts on what I'd like to see this grow into. I'm also fully aware that others can do a better job at writing policy. I just want to give people space to organize, and a dream of a better America.
Maybe no taxes below the poverty level, which btw needs serious updating along with minimum wage. No ultrarich or corporate lobbies. Basic necessities are provided to taxpayers, by taxpayers, including a healthy, well-balanced diet, fully funded comprehensive health, utilities including Internet; renewable energy, no corporate or excessive ownership of homes or land, nationalize food, energy, water, education, quality textiles/clothing, I'll think of more. It won't all be immediately doable but we can and should get people everyday necessities.
It's actually not the highest we've had on the rich. I was being kind lol. I really like this though, can't remember if I mentioned the crowd funding of our candidates as well. Companies are not people, and should not be in politics.
Completely on board! We've needed an actual progressive party that actually gets things done in this country for decades
I got the idea from AOC and Bernie. :P People simply need space to organize.
Ranked choice voting would me a great win, either way.
Agreed, the two party system is way too polarizing.