The DNC just denied AOC. There is absolute zero chance they will change anything in 2028.
Not gonna happen under Pelosi and the current DNC leadership
The DNC and the rest of the Dem establishment would rather lose than adopt any meaningful progressivism or allow for a progressive candidate.
Their primary motivation, and quite possibly their only motivation, is collecting as much soft money as possible.
And that interest is actually well served by losing, and in fact, that appears to be their preference. If they lose, then they don’t need to run in the next election on any platform other than stopping the Republicans from causing even more harm, which saves them having to promise their supporters things that they’ll then have to arrange to somehow fail to deliver even if they have a majority. It’s easier just to lose, then to run merely on being “not Republicans.”
And the one thing that would upset that gravy train is ending up with an actual progressive in a powerful position. A progressive would not only promise things the establishment democrats would prefer to not even mention, but would mean it. And even worse yet, they’d then try to actually deliver on their promises. And that would alienate the big money, which pays for policies that favor themselves, and most assuredly NOT policies that favor the common people.
So yes - if the Democrats want to win, they self-evidently need to appeal to progressives. But that’s been the case since 2016, and it’s made zero difference and it’s going to continue to make zero difference, because they’d rather lose than adopt any meaningful progressivism.
Need a third party so so badly. Even if not to win just to make the point that neoliberalism isn’t a progressive cause.
It’s fledgling, but check out https://www.votelabor.org/ It’s a small but growing group of Americans who want to start a party that advocates for the working class. I jumped in yesterday and am gonna try to do my part. There’s channels for every state to organize amongst their state peers, national channels for overall organization, policy discussions currently under debate, and desire to start getting people on ballots and in seats as soon as possible
It’s no secret to progressives that authoritarian agendas thrive when working-class voters feel abandoned
It’s nice they included this statement as the first sentence. It’s lets you know right up front that if you don’t accept this premise, then the conclusions that follow are going to be incoherent.
Progressives need to realize that Marxism is a fine tool for some problems and not the answer to every question. It’s not just the economy, stupid.
but progressives are not the ones writing Biden and the rest of the politicians’ checks so unlikely the Democrats will do anything different in 2028 such as listen to progressives
Harris told the progressives to shut up in the election we just had while she partied hardy with Republicans at celebrity filled galas
ain’t shit going to change
Never forget that in the final days of the election when Kamala was bleeding supporters from the left, she went on stage with Liz fucking Cheney and said the only thing she’d do different from Biden would be to have a Republican in her cabinet. That’s how much the Dems love the Right and hate progressives.
