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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For those of us who are not progressive, a lot of it is like watching a repeat of education polarization and ideological sorting that happened on a national scale repeat itself within the Democratic Party. In this dynamic, purity of purpose is rewarded and equated with strength.
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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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Why is it not a skilled operation of lawmaking machinery when progressives organize themselves as a caucus and vote as a disciplined bloc? That’s… the lawmaking machinery.
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It would be if we weren't in a situation where blocking is the one move that works.
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