"The left is getting more sophisticated at winning campaigns" *against Democrats*. That part is really important and always left unsaid in these fantasies of progressive success. Our track record in contested races is abysmal.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-jamaal-bowman-beat-eliot-engel-new-york-democratic-primary-congressional-seat_n_5efa4cf9c5b6ca970913947d …
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Capturing the leadership of the geriatric, corrupt, ideologically bankrupt Democratic party from within is an easier project. But it's not going to teach progressives to actually speak persuasively to rural America. It will just entomb us in our parochialism
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A pressing problem in left politics is that a lot of podcasts, pundits, and blue-state political figures stand to benefit personally from a situation where we are a permanent minority. I'm not saying everyone is cynical about it, but it's hard to act against your own incentives
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When you pick people to support, whether you share my flavor of politics or not, make sure you are picking people who are neck-deep in the fight to win against Republicans, not people who are going to see a windfall and fresh book deal if we lose another election.
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Let’s be real here. Progressives hate the blue collar working class & feel disgust & superiority towards those without a liberal arts college degree. This won’t change anytime soon or in the next 20 years.
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Without intending to, but you're rewriting the Republican "Real America" narrative here. The "college-educated elite" narrative is something Fox News taught you and you're regurgitating without thinking about it. BLM, for instance, is way bigger than your hypothetical elite.
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27% of American adults have a tertiary degree (bachelor's or higher). This number is lower in poorer, rural states we need to win to get a Senate majority. This isn't a talking point but a simple demographic fact.
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+1 to this. Can’t help think that part of it has been past failures to reach out, listen, & identify common objectives
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Wasn't this the pitch behind Iron Stache and the rural left attempts that fell flat on their face a few years back?
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That's kind of my point. We never got this right, and rather than address that, enthusiasm moved to the easier goal of winning intra-party primaries.
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#actually a lot of them don't understand the roots of rural problems in the corporate centralization policies of their own leaders, so, uh, until they get that they'll have little meaningful to say to the rural victims of these policiesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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