also like to point out that many of them are DINOs, and are republicans that wouldnt be electable otherwise in a GOP primary, so they have to put a democratic facade to just get elected.
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They've drifted so far right that I call them Republicrats, and y'all should too.
You can do what the tea party did: capture a small enough portion of your voting base that covers the margin of victory (aka: the short hairs) and demand the party do your bidding.
If they cared about victory, you'd be right. But it's becoming pretty clear they care far more about money. If they're paid to lose anyway, this tactic is utterly useless.
It may not be worth the effort to reform it, but claiming that it "can't" be reformed is asinine. A political party is not some higher order being, timeless and unchanging, nor even one with a fundamental permanent set of core tenants that all else springs from. It's a group of people with a bit of bureaucracy that influence and decide somewhat collectively on their shared goals. Of course that can change fundamentally.
In fact it has changed fundamentally in the not too distant past. Look at the Democratic party (and the Republican party) of the Jim Crow era compared to today. They essentially flipped to the other side of the political spectrum. It's absolutely not easy to change a party fundamentally and not quick to do so, either. Old minds are not easily swayed with the times. The primary way to change party ideals is through new minds and perspectives joining the party and the old ones leaving it. Generational change is slow AF but it does definitely happen. Concerted effort for young people with new ideals to join the party is the best way to induce this change. Again though, that is a lot of effort and takes times. The bigger he ship, the harder to steer. There are alternatives, all of which also take a ton of effort, probably a lot more effort really, but might be faster if it works out.
Well the other option is reforming the Republican Party. That seems harder.
"We'd rather have a convicted felon pedophile be president because the Democrats don't want to dismantle capitalism entirely and replace with... well we don't know what with".
- Absolute fucking dumbasses.
Yeah, people generally want their politicians to help them.
And wealth inequality is the single biggest issue in human society.
We are at a point where if we want to help regular people, we need that to come at the expense of the rich.
Better not try then....
The only way the Democratic Party will return to the left is if they start losing votes to the left.
Their only guiding principle is winning elections, and to win elections they chase undecided centrist voters, and to chase the undecided centrist voters they lurch to the right whilst assuming that leftists just owe them their vote.
Lol, if their guiding principles are winning elections they are failures. In my lifetime they've handed power over to the most idiotic unhinged people I've fortunately have never had to be around, and Ive been around very stupid people.
Either way you are deflecting.
Im just tired of people who the only thing they are good at is giving up constantly feel the psychopathic need to come at me with their bullshit.
Corporate interests are human interests. They are the interests of the few. Its class. The class of the wealthy - the class of the few. Its always class we need to break down. Nothing maters more.
You also cannot replace it with a third party. So I guess we’re just fucked?