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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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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I'm making a structural argument, not one about personalities.
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I think it stems from "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house", they want to blow up the entire system.
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