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People should be allowed to exist
Social programs aren't communism
The system isn't working for the people
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I've changed my mind on this.
Let the DNC go full MAGA and when they lose, because they will lose, they get the heat and we can eject them forever. At least sit them in a corner.
Progressives, you fight if you want but I don't believe the elections will be fair so it's a win win for you.
This is Concern Trolling at its finest
Edit: Dear Downvoters, I mean the group that gave these terrible ideas is clearly a Right Wing fucker Concern Trolling, not OP
I'm sure if they break right then those Republicans they've been chasing for the last 40 years will finally vote for them!
Just a bit further now... Soon they'll be doing the "Roman" salutes too.
"Guys I figured it out! Republicans win so we just need to be Republicans! It's fool proof!"
Primary them all out.
Progressives absolutely can execute a takeover of the party, just like the far right did with the Tea Party movement. Primary out every blue MAGA Dem, get real progressives in their place.
you want a maga monarchy, even long after the diaper's been buried? this is one of many ways to hand it to them.
As long as they're part of the aristocracy they don't care.
Hard to believe this is real. If Democrats were saying not to do anything, I'd believe that. This post couldn't pour it on thicker
It's not exactly "real" in the sense that lawmakers are doing this, it's more "real" in the sense that a lobby group were lobbying at their lobbying office where they work as lobbyists.
It's from "Third Way".
The one thing that intrigues me is why nobody filled the actual left and far-left political vacuum in the US? The political axis is so skewed that people like AOC and Samders are considered far-left, even though in Europe they'd qualify as left-of-centre. There seems to be a huge empty space left of them, but I don't see anyone taking advantage of it and dominate a good third of the political spectrum.
Because the FBI was created with the explicit purpose of assassinating left wing politicians and activists in the US, and the CIA was founded for the same reason but abroad.
First past the post, basically. Especially in modern times where geography really shouldn't have as much weight as it does.
In most European countries a Green party gets somewhere between 5 and 20% of the vote, and at that stage they get representation in Parliament and possibly even get to participate in government. In the US they need to get 50% of the vote in a given area to get any type of office, no matter how minor (Mayor, school board, whatever).
So they can't really build a grassroots to grow politicians for a national stage, and voters know that voting for them is basically the same as staying home.
Also, they need to get rid of Jill Stein, that picture of her sitting at the table with Putin and Mike Flynn isn't going to go away and shows terrible judgement. You can be critical of US imperialism without hanging out with a different kind of imperialist.
Geography matters because people form identity groups within their geographic areas. People in rural areas have very different wants and needs than city folk. So it’s only natural for them to vote for different representatives.
"Blue MAGA is just made up, no one is actually like that you silly progressives!"
[The DNC is literally trying to copy MAGA's ideas and rebrand it]
This is pathetic and embarrassing
This is just the standard blue dog democrat crap that they have been pushing for the last 30 years.
Jesus does this country need to get off of the two party system. Unfortunately, the only way to do this is to get someone elected via the current system who’s willing buck the system that put them into power.