• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    We need more political parties, especially ones that aren’t political extensions of the wealthy elite.

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      7 days ago

      Or we could just get the neolibs out of the core of the Democratic party. They’ve been more concerned with corporate donor profits than the welfare of the working class since the 90s.

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        7 days ago

        I don’t really see that happening, since you’re essentially divorcing wealth from power, and you have a better chance at abolishing capitalism. Ultimately we need a shift of consciousness in this country, but I ain’t holding my breath.

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          7 days ago

          Start at the local level and build up. It’s a lot easier to have strong progressives run in races that might not really be all that contested in the first place. And make even small primaries count

          That kind of power starts to add up. The local politicians tend to flow up the party. Obama first rose from the Illinois state senate. Tim Walz first rose from an unexpected flip in a deep red house district in Minnesota

          Power doesn’t always flow top down. It also flow from the bottom up