If widespread and sustained, grassroots activism could force the Democratic party leadership to stop blocking policy proposals that offer major uplift to huge numbers of Americans in economic and social distress
People already tried with Bernie Sanders’ campaign, twice. And twice they were crushed by undemocratic practices designed to favor the preferred puppet. The capitalists have a stranglehold on the party machine. They will never let their interests be challenged.
The Democratic Party is the controlled opposition.
I don’t see the party being even able to achieve all the progressive goals federally any time soon, but I do think they could be implemented on a state by state level.
New Mexico for instance just rolled out a free/subsidized childcare program. So these progressive programs are possible to be rolled out to Blue states, and then we can try to tell these working programs to people living in purple and red states.
States should focus on trying to roll out universal healthcare and Universal Basic Income in their states, imo. Higher minimum wages as well. Make Blue states so good that people without those programs will be wanting to replace their leadership for one that will implement those programs.
People already tried with Bernie Sanders’ campaign, twice. And twice they were crushed by undemocratic practices designed to favor the preferred puppet. The capitalists have a stranglehold on the party machine. They will never let their interests be challenged.
The Democratic Party is the controlled opposition.
I don’t see the party being even able to achieve all the progressive goals federally any time soon, but I do think they could be implemented on a state by state level.
New Mexico for instance just rolled out a free/subsidized childcare program. So these progressive programs are possible to be rolled out to Blue states, and then we can try to tell these working programs to people living in purple and red states.
States should focus on trying to roll out universal healthcare and Universal Basic Income in their states, imo. Higher minimum wages as well. Make Blue states so good that people without those programs will be wanting to replace their leadership for one that will implement those programs.