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minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoLet it go and do what? The plan that has won over the last 30 years was the fascist one.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days agoYou let the Green party go. They can’t get 1% of the vote, haven’t won an election in any state, it’s past time to give up the illusion that they are a real party.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIt sounds like they’ve been pretty insignificant. Which better idea has worked well over the last 30 years?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days agoTaking over a major party by challenging center candidates in primaries and winning in the general elections. See the Tea Party / Red Hat takeover of the Republican party. Progressives need to do the same to the Democrats.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 days agoWhy didn’t they try that sooner?
Let it go and do what? The plan that has won over the last 30 years was the fascist one.
You let the Green party go. They can’t get 1% of the vote, haven’t won an election in any state, it’s past time to give up the illusion that they are a real party.
It sounds like they’ve been pretty insignificant. Which better idea has worked well over the last 30 years?
Taking over a major party by challenging center candidates in primaries and winning in the general elections.
See the Tea Party / Red Hat takeover of the Republican party.
Progressives need to do the same to the Democrats.
Why didn’t they try that sooner?
Not yet…