Saint_La_Croix_Crosse
Again, one of the major failures of the Democrats is how shallow their bench is and how they kneecap anyone that isn't a party right-winger on the public stage. Thus why it is important to look to broader and systemic reform, rather than pick a specific person as the "good candidate" in the next presidential election.
No, it is you that refuse to criticize because you are okay with no solutions.
Do I have to personally do the internal gladhanding to personally choose, out of the 1000s of Democrat politicians of all levels, which one would be the perfect candidate. Honestly, at this point, I think that maybe JD Pritzker might be the best candidate, as he seems vaguely progressive in the decade or two old Democrat mold. And has been standing up to Trump the best a Governor can. Even if I, personally, am far more left than him.
The Democrats offer no solutions and are absolutely not serious in opposing the Republicans. Their job is to use the two party system to take up all space for opposing Republicans, while making their policies bipartisan.
But ultimately, this is why, long term, we need to form coalitions and mechanisms of wielding power outside of the Democratic party. So that there can be opposition to right-wing policies. It is being as unserious as never considering actions outside the Democratic party that shows you aren't serious about improving the country.
You're the one that is not serious. Oh, I'll wait for the party to tell me who the good candidate is. Can't ask anything of anyone until I am told that that a specific candidate is the right one that shouldn't be questioned...
I provided examples and evidence as to why the Democrats have been staunchly right-wing for >30 years. Jesus Christ!
Ernst Thälmann, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greg Grandin, Vincent Bevins, Matt Christmann, Popeye, Olive Oyl, Luke Skywalker, Hasan Piker, Arron Mate...
As much as it is demanding the impossible, anyone with real positions and convictions, that meaningfully disagrees with the Republicans. AOC is trying to take that spot, but how much she sold out everything to support Biden has really undermined her the last year, and the current rallies are desperately trying to walk that back. As much as they are not given support and still hated, Omar and Tlaib have fallen in line with the party, though they would have been good candidates otherwise.
I said 30 years! Neoliberalism started with Carter, but Clinton made Reaganism bipartisan. Literally all of his big "accomplishments" were things seen as too far right for Reagan, since in his terms they would have been too far right. Like NAFTA, the Crime Bill, and even Social Security privatization, which was only derailed by the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
No, it was a rightward drift, as far right as it was then. "Obamacare" was just taking "Romneycare" the Republican healthcare plan, and compromising and moving further right from there. Obama made sure that Wall Street was bailed out post 2008, and Glass-Steagall was repealled under Clinton, even if it wasn't fully restored after Obama and 2008. Obama escalated the war on terror and continued the Patriot Act.
The main progressive victory was gay marriage, and no elected Democrat wanted to touch LGBTQ issues, they had to wait for the supreme court, as an unelected body, to deal with it, so that no elected official had to show any principles on the issue.
There is no easy answers, but it begins with actually demanding things out of the Democrats if they are to continue to be the only venue to oppose Republicans. They can't continue to use that as an excuse to be right-wing.
But more importantly, start forming local groups and organizations. The more that you have concrete blocks with resources and numbers, means you can start exerting force. First on local formations, then on representatives of larger areas.
Look, they followed and continued Republican's escalations for the last 40+ years, but be assured, this time they will stop doing the immoral things once they get office again. It is important to remember that Harris promised a continuation of Trump term 1 and not implementing Trump term 2, if he wasn't elected. It is weird after 30+ years of Democrats always being the Republicans of 4 years ago, that they don't always get benefit of the doubt of being opposed to the worst of Republican evils.