I think the frustration y'all have with progressives is also based in policy; more specifically, the inherent moral language and implicit critique you feel when progressives aggressively argue on behalf of their policy and worldview. There is a stark difference is how tolerable y'all think the status quo is, which is why when a progressive says universal healthcare or anti-genocide policies cannot wait, and anyone - regardless of political party affiliation - who stands in its way is an enemy of progress, you feel the heat of that shot because you have decided to put yourself in front of the gun instead of behind it because you first and foremost align yourself with the tepid "adult in the room" brand of the Democratic Party and engage in a parasocial relationship with the Democratic Party's representatives.
It’s bad strategy to attack from your left flank when you’re getting destroyed from the right flank.
Modern conservatism needs to be destroyed as an ideal before any of your socialist/progressive projects can take hold institutionally.
This is what you don’t understand. You’re debating on how our electoral politics should be and I’m arguing for clarity on how it is. None of your social programs will be legislated until it becomes untenable to be a Republican as it is currently constructed.
How do you think we’ll be able to pass universal healthcare if 40-60% of the legislative body/ Supreme Court thinks it’s authoritarian communism?
Seemingly, all you want is for progressives to just stop yelling at Democrats, but why would they when Democrats are also acting against the interest of the progressive worldview? You guys just want to go back to the early Obama era where there was no criticism coming from your left flank and you could easily construe yourself as the heroes of history. By denying that Republicans are an immutable force of evil in the politics of this country, you reveal the fact that you're living in an antiquated fantasy, and I think the cause of the delusion is that your prime objective is to protect the Democratic Party brand, even over the wellbeing of the people. The moral and political landscape has shifted and you're refusing to acknowledge it. You're trying to appeal to the logic and morality of Nazis (Republicans) instead of realizing the only solution is to take them out.
It is only when you accept this structural truth that you will understand the words of Dr. King:
I guess we’re both delusional because you can’t hold power in a democracy when 50% of the country are Republicans or vote Republican.
The strategy should be how do you make that ideology toxic so that the Overton window moves to the left, instead of backstabbing the only party that standing in between you and Christian nationalist fascist state
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