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Where’s the Whig Party?

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Why must one of those parties be the Democrats? I don’t see no fucking Whigs around, do you?

Because unlike the Wigs, the Democrats are not divided over slavery. They can just move to the right on contemporary issues as Chris Murphy details here.

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/18581056/11578151

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The Democrats are divided over Israel. Something like 80 House members boycotted Netanyahu’s speech, and the Party base is overwhelmingly anti-genocide. That’s enough to get the ball rolling.

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It’s not enough. The House elections happen every two years. AIPAC can successfully primary progressive politicians if we don’t vote for them.

https://apnews.com/article/squad-aipac-progressives-congress-cori-bush-0de0a96929368db72145b033261415ca

Murphy spells it out. Democrats are moving to the right to get people who aren’t 100% with them on social and cultural issues. There is a huge base of people in the US that support Israel. And they tend to be consistent older voters.

https://apnews.com/article/squad-aipac-progressives-congress-cori-bush-0de0a96929368db72145b033261415ca

https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/aging/articles/why-older-citizens-are-more-likely-to-vote

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