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    1. Meagan Day‏Verified account @meaganmday 16 Jun 2020

      Three theories of how we get to an independent mass workers party in the US: 1) Dem realignment: expel capitalist elements or bring them to heel. 2) Clean break: don't touch Dems, start our own party now. 3) Dirty break: run on Dem ballot line as we build constituency for a break

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Jun 2020
      Replying to @meaganmday

      I think the key thing is that there is no one "Democratic Party." There are 50 plus parties (states, national & territories). Many helmed by old people. I think they can be taken over & would recommend a long march to do so.

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        2. james_roe‏ @james_roe 16 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @meaganmday

          In theory this works, in practice it's much harder, here in Oregon a super majority of the party supports open primaries which would give young people a much louder voice, leadership blocked it, including some "progressive allies."

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        3. james_roe‏ @james_roe 16 Jun 2020
          Replying to @james_roe @HeerJeet @meaganmday

          States like NY and CA are even harder to force change in.

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        1. The Learned Dog‏ @roger_mexico 16 Jun 2020
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          Seems smarter than voting for Jill Stein every four years

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        1. Chuck-Restore Voting Rights!-Voellinger‏ @ChuckVoellinger 16 Jun 2020
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          What gets elected in suburban Texas aint the same as Amherst or Oakland.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Jun 2020
          Replying to @RonanJLOC @meaganmday

          I'm not German. But yes proportional good idea.

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        2. Aidan Bricks‏ @AidanBricks 16 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @meaganmday

          Sir, The template to unite a fractious party and push it to an extreme has already been provided in the person of Donald Trump.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Jun 2020
          Replying to @AidanBricks @meaganmday

          Trump won the election and got to push through some big promises. I'd like to see the left do the same.

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        2. Meagan Day‏Verified account @meaganmday 16 Jun 2020
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          Valid position! All three are, though I favor the third because I don't imagine the capitalist class will voluntarily relinquish such a valuable asset as a major party, and I think the energy it would take to drive them out is comparable to the energy it would take to start anew

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        3. Meagan Day‏Verified account @meaganmday 16 Jun 2020
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          But the third option stipulates that we should not start anew until we've significantly increased our power, profile, etc, which means the strategies for 1 and 3 are going to look similar up to a certain point

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