left capture isn't something the democrats did to the left, it's something the left did to itself
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it's hilarious to me that the supposedly stupid right wing grasped this completely and implemented it in the form of the Tea Party
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and what i hear from Democrats is that the only way forward is to be more loyal to party anointed and beg harder for them to listen
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because if there's anything that motivates a politician it's knowing that they own your vote no matter how badly they betray you
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It's more our fault for voting FOR right-pushing Republicans. If we had voted Dems out, even more Repubs would be IN.
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yes, that is exactly the thinking that guarantees Democrats turn into Republicans over time, thanks for summarizing it
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Win-win for Republicans, eh? How about "elect Democrats. Make sure they know what you want. Find Democrats who will fight for that"?
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so you figure the reason this has been steadily failing harder for the past 40 years is, what, not enough sanctimoniousness?
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No. Too much. There was a general mindset change encompassed by the Reagan Revolution. Greed became good. Unions, not so much.
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when everybody to the left of you will vote for you no matter how badly you betray them, what incentives would you say this sets up?
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And what do you do when the voting bloc of "the Left" isn't enough to get a true Leftist elected (until the entire mindset changes)?
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don't care. what's needed is incentives that cause leftward drift. mindless loyalty causes rightward drift.
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