I have some problems with the left losing winnable elections and some of the personalities are definitely toxic, but I really don’t think this is the main problem. This is a reframing of the “cancer researchers slow walk curing cancer because they’d be out of a job” take.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1279101957911658502 …
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Which, if you ever want to piss off a cancer researcher, is a great conversation starter. The entire political spectrum has cynical operators operating for appearance fees and book deals. I don’t think they’re the reason why progressives don’t always win rural states.
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Replying to @rotomonkey
I'm not accusing people of cynicism, but of giving up on the hard thing to do the easier thing, which will make the hard thing harder. I see the existence of a pundit and activist class that benefits financially from right-wing rule as a further disincentive, not an explanation
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Sure, but I think that disincentive exists across the spectrum. Professional centrist pundits need extreme positions to push against as much as leftist pundits need the right. Those leftist pundits will still monetize even if the left ascends (see the Fox News circuit class)
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Replying to @rotomonkey
I agree with you. Where the imbalance comes in is the structural need to win elections far to the right of the party's base, which is unique to Democrats. There is much more immediate and long-term reward for labeling this as a sell-out than for figuring out how to get it done
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Replying to @Pinboard
I agree with you here. I do think we progressives are too quick to abandon incrementalism when it comes to the brass tacks of actually winning elections and I concede your point that some folks monetizing that is a problematic source.
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