Progressive Politics

"If people are wondering why this guy is popular, It's because he does this outrageous thing called listening to what the people want"

I'm not a huge fan of his, but I don't entirely disagree.

If someone genuinely wants to pass universal healthcare, tax the rich, or has a great plan to drive down the cost of living... I'm significantly less concerned with the specifics of their ideology than I am with their policy goals.

People generally vote around kitchen table issues.

Unfortunately for Pete and the DNC, everyone currently in office has demonstrated that they will actively oppose any policy that would help the working class. They've burned through all their good will.

If I see one more DNC hack yammering about how city run grocery stores wont work, I'm going to loose my grip. Maybe they will, maybe they wont. But people would rather the government fail trying to help common citizens than succeed at fucking us over.

Democrats are the perfect illustration of "it's very difficult to make a man understand something, when his job depends on him not understanding it."

Push shit people care about? Idk you think that strategy would really work? I should probably ask the consultants about it first.

democrats are desperate to believe and for other people to believe that it's not about his policies. oh it's because TikTok. it's because he seems genuine and talks to people. it's because people support Hamas or whatever...

no matter why it is, it's definitely not because socialism is attractive to voters. don't tell us we have to actually care about the fucking poors now. don't tell us AIPAC money is poison now.

This is bullshit. What people want is someone is willing gut the DNC of the old guard. They need people who care, but also someone whose willing to create a political program where the voters needs come before the donors and politicians. Everyone knows that the Republicans before 2016 and the the Dems of the last 50 years only saw the voters as an inconvience to what they each thought they were entitled to.

Yes, I totally agree. Release the Epstein files.

Mamdani’s is not part of the club and they will try their best to block him like Bernie.

The lesson I learned is fight for ranked choice voting.

I love that "it's not about the idiology" except it totally is. It may not be about the name, but the idiology is trying to do something to help poor/working class people, instead if the wealthy. Meanwhile the alternative neoliberal ideology is about talking about the poor/working class struggling and doing nothing to help them because it'd come at the cost of the wealthy.

He's not doing well because he's called a socialist. He's doing well because he is a socialist and that prioritizes the people, not businesses.

So, in other words...his advice is to adopt the language, but not the policies.

Too bad Pete slammed Bernie in the 2020 debates, following the script given to him by the DNC. If he had actually supported Bernie, we wouldn't be in this fascist mess.

No i also care about the policies.

Idk if I'm the minority but there shouldn't be a "middle ground" between making money off owing homes and people's ability to live in one.

All y'all miss the point?! Mamdani's proposals are focused on what New York City voters told him they want. How can Democrats anywhere get game like his? Get their happy asses on the street and talk to everyone.

Mamdani interviewed Trump supporters and listened to them. He's fascinating to watch, a politician that listens closely and responds to exactly what he heard, doesn't spout a list of talking points.

All he's saying is that Mamdani's ideas may not be applicable to all Democratic constituents, but the listening part is the secret sauce.

No you fucking dipshit we want the government to actually do things to improve our fucking lives and nobody but socialists seems to understand that anymore

Ideology is such a scary word, what people want is platitudes

Wow Pete, that is some high grade denial and or delusion you got there.

Oh Pete, you're so cute, but no one believes you because you're totally full of shit.

Yes you have to focus on problems that people care about, but then you also have to say what you're actually going to do about them.

The ideology is to focus on what most people care about, which requires talking to them, and proposing policies that actually address those, Mr McKinsey!