Rep. Ro Khanna said that “many” in the House Democratic caucus, including himself, will back Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Tuesday’s vote.
It’s not a bad idea. However, better would be a reforming and rebranding of the current DNC’s image. It is the right time to begin setting the foundations though, make no mistake.
However, better would be a reforming and rebranding of the current DNC’s image.
And how would anyone go about that when the party leadership is fighting them at every turn?
The only legal way would be to mimic the corporations that captured the DNC to begin with, basically bribes.
You’d have to create a super PAC that only funds left leaning democratic candidates, and one that would be willing to fund primaries against incumbents within the DNC.
The main problem is that parties only care about funding now, and there aren’t exactly a bunch of leftist billionaires.
Citizens vs United basically ensured that any form of social economic reform is off the table for the foreseeable future. The political parties are bought and paid for, and will continue to funnel public spending into privatization until capitalism reaches terminal growth.
We can indirectly fight this through grassroots campaigning from the bottom up. Assuming we aren’t completely fucked by 2028 this type of strategy would ensure long term success.
