Is there much value in winning a debate, being “correct”, putting someone else down, or being the most woke if the country is crumbling all around us?
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I’m starting to believe that the Republican era that started with Reagan and has continued to this day is far more the fault of the left’s lack of unity than the right’s amazing tactics.
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How bad will things have to get before we on the left put away our differences and compromise for the common good?
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Is there any other strategy that will work? Happy to hear your thoughts.
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One thought that comes to mind is perhaps change requires more organization than status quo. So if both parties are equally good at organizing - the Republicans win.
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If it turns out that the left has to be 2x more organized than the right to accomplish their goals... that is a high bar.
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Replying to @mwseibel
I think people who make comments like this don't really understand how the left works. (Also the right and the far right fight with each other a lot, but it's not as visible to people in the Bay Area.)
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @mwseibel
1) the whole point of the far left arguing with center left, is to pull them and the median of the general conversation farther left than it would otherwise be. 2) sometimes the fighting is intentional and somewhat theatrical in nature because voters have millions of other
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @mwseibel
entertainment options (you could be playing Fortnite! or whatever!) and conflict drives narrative, discourse and engagement. Sometimes the center left is knowingly allowing the "far left" to drive some conflict because it can engage constituents in the fundamental, serious issues
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Also - what is more important - moving the conversation or doubling down on the things we believe in and actually making them happen?
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the conflict is part of the process in how the entire party decides where to move the conversation to (because it doesn't have consensus yet) and how large/much of the base (or even beyond the initial base) will be engaged in doubling down.
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