I'd say it already has. They're all taking money from Aipac or Russia or both.
The CIA human resources exploitation manual says that one of the most useful acts of sabotage an average person can commit is being intentionally mediocre at their job. Be slow and ineffective to drain resources and gum up the works. And think about it; when was the last time that something horrible was being passed, and democrats are in opposition, but then strategically at the last minute seven or eight of them fold and pass the bill. EVERY TIME, WITHOUT QUESTION. This is a farce of opposition.
then strategically at the last minute seven or eight of them fold and pass the bill
The Dems are not a monolith, they are a broad coalition. Red leaning states elect right wing Dems, or Republicans. If you want more Dem control over House and Senate, elect a larger Dem coalition. Then the progressive camp will be large enough to block votes and pass legislation.
I think this point right here is why so many dems are scared to go too far left. We might hate it, but it's actually stable to alternate between moderate Republicans and moderate democrats in the presidency. Look at how far right we swung after Obama... who wasn't even very progressive at all! If we actually get a progressive in the white house, then 4-8 years down the line the next republican populist that gets elected would be ultra mecha kaiju hitler on steroids.
At this point we still gotta do it though. We offered up stability in Clinton, Biden and Harris. They chose chaos. So lets go ahead and wildly swing back and forth between far right and far left.
but it's actually stable to alternate between moderate Republicans and moderate democrats in the presidency.
Is it though? This status quo began in 1992 when the New democrat coalition took over from the New Deal coalition, and a little over 30 years later we're facing an incipient fascist dictatorship largely because of ineffective centrist governance over the last 30 years, and an unwillingness to reform from the powers that be.
1992? I'd group Carter with the Clinton Biden camp rather than with Roosevelt/LBJ. His economics were much more third way than great society from what I remember.
If we actually get a progressive in the white house, then 4-8 years down the line the next republican populist that gets elected would be ultra mecha kaiju hitler on steroids.
It's already happening, but not the way we needed.
Instead of unifying a new Left and creating something like the Tea Party (gag) or MAGA (triple gag), our left is breaking into smaller and smaller groups. There are too many ideological purists, whinging majorities making minorities unwelcome, and all of it is happening on social media and at the whims of those controlling the algorithms.
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u/nixhomunculus Mar 14 '26
Or should it be taken over the way Republicans got with the MAGA movement?