When will people start to understand that there is no place for a 'progressive' government under the current system?To anyone that casts a judgemental eye on those "doubting why it matters whether Trump or Biden are elected in November (as they’re all the same)", ask yourself how the judicial process in the States got that way. When the Dems don't put up a fight about Judge Garland and allows #45 to enter judges he wants, then they are complicit in how this situation is badly lopsided. They have continued to allow conservative judges to be appointed up and down the land. I don't think the Dems are in a position to hold RBG's seat open as they'll just be out-voted. Delay, maybe, but that's it.
This is what happens when you take the mantra 'when they go low, we go high' as a beacon call to getting shit done! Get the shit slapped out of you, so you keep turning your cheek to receive more slaps! Just note that it's taken a Progressive entry into the Dem party to force them to fight!
It's also why Progressives are winning down-ticket ballot races.
The Dems have created this problem and yet they act like they've had nowt to do with it. Stop falling for it!
When will people start to understand that there is no place for a 'progressive' government under the current system?
The current system has to change, but it will not change if you have two parties opposing each other every step of the way. Republicans are never going to vote for a change to the system; it suits them perfectly as it is. At best Democrats can hope for is to make incremental, and often insignificant changes when in power, which are then inevitably ripped up and thrown away when the governorship of the country next changes hands.
Yes, 'progressives' might be making waves further down the ticket and at district/city/town level, but when it comes to the big league, they are less palatable. It's only going to get worse if Trump gets re-elected.
There is only one game in town; Biden or oblivion.
When will people start to understand that there is no place for a 'progressive' government under the current system?
The current system has to change, but it will not change if you have two parties opposing each other every step of the way. Republicans are never going to vote for a change to the system; it suits them perfectly as it is. At best Democrats can hope for is to make incremental, and often insignificant changes when in power, which are then inevitably ripped up and thrown away when the governorship of the country next changes hands.
Yes, 'progressives' might be making waves further down the ticket and at district/city/town level, but when it comes to the big league, they are less palatable. It's only going to get worse if Trump gets re-elected.
There is only one game in town; Biden or oblivion.
By 'populist vacuum' do you mean all those people who voted for Trump in 2016 desperately trying to convince people they've never even heard of him, and would never dream of voting for someone like him in a million years?I am actually more optimistic than this about the future of the Progressive wing of American politics, especially as there is going to be a populist vacuum eventually assuming Trumpism eventually is defeated. However, for those Progressives who do not get on board with Biden to defeat the single greatest internal threat to America since slavery, at a time when the nation as a whole needs them most, they'll be ostracized and outcast, and well they should be. Progressive politicians are all smart enough to have figured this out -- they understand the greater evil, and the immediate threat.
By 'populist vacuum' do you mean all those people who voted for Trump in 2016 desperately trying to convince people they've never even heard of him, and would never dream of voting for someone like him in a million years?
Ain’t that the truth.Progressive politicians are all smart enough to have figured this out -- they understand the greater evil, and the immediate threat.
I suspect that is just a cop out for 'generally can't be arsed' for whatever reason.You great big 'intellects' are STILL not addressing why there's almost 100M people that don't vote and why that is.
I'll offer this; they don't trust politicians have their best interests at heart.