unpopular opinion: the DNC moving right every year isn't their fault it's our fault for not being willing to punish them by voting them out
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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I don't disagree. But when Tea Party crazies can primary entrenched Conservatives and win elections, what can real progressives do? (1/2)
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is "develop the organization to primary entrenched right wing Democrats" not an obvious answer here
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