You can argue, as some have, that populist energy should shift to organizing within the Republican Party, but I actually think we are still a long ways away from economic populism gaining a foothold there.
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Replying to @HenryDubbstep @jackfruitstaken and
i'm not suggesting i know any better, or that i have an answer. but reforming the DP is not something i can see. it just doesn't seem plausible.
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Replying to @Shialabeefsteak @HenryDubbstep and
to me, that would mean turning it on its head. it's expressly designed to prevent that happening.
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Replying to @Shialabeefsteak @Col_Cornpone and
Yes, exactly. I hear this all the time, “you can’t reform the party.” But if you had enough working class power to win with a 3rd party (which you don’t), you would also have enough power not to “reform” the DP but essentially to force a hostile takeover.
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FDR is a bad pony, if he appeals to a historical president it should be Lincoln
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He does appeal to New Deal policies but FDR completely devastated what left existed in the US. Lincoln, by contrast, was the capable representative of historical frictions that were eating away at the system itself.
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