3mo ago

Democrats stay at a respectful distance after Mamdani cruises

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You know they're shitting themselves. Progressive successes pose more of a threat to incumbent Democrats than Republican successes
- The Dem gerontocracy should be and needs to be "shitting themselves" cause each and every one of these older-than-dirt career politicians needs to be run out of politics entirely.
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  The Dem gerontocracy are literally shitting themselves because they are so fucking old that they need Depends
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cdqQ2BdgOA
- Nah, we just need to co-opt the current blue party and drag liberals along for the ride. Just need people willing to run on progressive policies.
  
  And people to show up and vote in the primaries for the above mentioned candidates!
  
  And a party willing to not put all its resources to preventing them from winning. Mamdani's example is inspiring, and he's likely going to win, but part of this is because his opponents are all toxic. In a more serious contest this sort of party meddling can and will tank progressive candidates to the benefit of Republicans.
  
  This edible construction material gets it!
- We get it by taking over the Dems and forcing all the Goldwater Republicans in charge currently to join what remains of the Republican Party.
  
  Exactly. They’re already going to get the votes of the people who only pay enough attention to vote Working Families in the general election. We just need to replace those candidates with progressives in the primaries. It’s shouldn’t be too difficult with the current <15% attendance. Mamdani saw a whopping 30% turnout.
- The establishment pushing against him is a good thing. Think about what happened the first time Trump announced his candidacy. Voters love to vote for candidates that the establishment hates.
- We need a ~~new~~ progressive party
  ftfy
- No third party will ever have a chance of being successful. The Dems and Repubs wrote the laws to make sure of it. That's why they can't.
  
  Not even just that they wrote laws to protect their status: A two party system is in and of itself prone to issues like what is currently going on. George Washington knew that, and warned about its dangers. Because it has happened multiple times throughout history.
- I think you should study the US political system more. They see the most realistic path to making change. If the Left can't wield one of the two parties it will never wield the state.
*Democrats refuse to change policies in order to continue profiting off the suffering of constituents.
They don't work for us.

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