The nature of progressive power in 2021 is odd and interesting. 1. They exercise a veto over moderate legislation 2. They can defeat moderates in safe Democratic districts 3. They dominate NGO world, political organizing, and large news organizationshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/03/progressives-finally-have-power-washington/ …
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There's a feedback loop between legislative paralysis and ideological polarization that makes everything worse. When it is impossible for any legislator to be effective in their job (because the institution is paralyzed), there's no disincentive to electing charismatic extremists
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Put another way, when the machinery of lawmaking locks up, there's no reason to elect people skilled at operating it, no incentive for legislators to fold on one thing so they can get their way on another, and no way to credibly promise voters change apart from radical reform
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Demanding action on climate change requires a basic understanding of physics, not “purity of purpose.” That’s a phrase you use when you’re too lazy to engage with the substance of disagreements between moderates and progressives.
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The disagreements are academic if they don't lead to legislation.
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How is this a surprise to anyone who studied scientific communism? "... ideological and organizational unity, the monolithic nature of its ranks, and the high level of conscious discipline" are paramount. The SRs, Trotskyists, all sorts of mensheviks will be dealt with.
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I suspect I’m being too sensitive given the target of your comparison, but aren’t these the same dynamics exhibited by the GOP since at least the tea party, and not really indicative of any Marxist-Leninist approach by the Congressional Progressive Caucus?
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