Deciding To Win – Toward A Common Sense Renewal of the Democratic Party (decidingtowin.org)

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the democratic party is releasing a guide for how to actually start winning elections again. i read most of it and i believe it's a good start:

Focus our policy agenda and our messaging on an economic program centered on lowering costs, growing the economy, creating jobs, and expanding the social safety net.
Advocate for popular economic policies (e.g., expanding prescription drug price negotiation, making the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour) rather than unpopular economic policies (e.g., student loan forgiveness, electric vehicle subsidies, Medicare for All).
Convince voters that we share their priorities by focusing more on issues voters do not think our party prioritizes highly enough (the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety), and focusing less on issues voters think we place too much emphasis on (climate change, democracy, abortion, identity and cultural issues).
Moderate our positions where our agenda is unpopular, including on issues like immigration, public safety, energy production, and some identity and cultural issues.
Embrace a substantive and rhetorical critique of the outsized political and economic influence of lobbyists, corporations, and the ultra-wealthy, while keeping two considerations in mind: First, voters' frustrations with the status quo are not the same as a desire for socialism. And second, criticizing the status quo is a complement to advocating for popular policies on the issues that matter most to the American people, not a substitute.

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[-] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

How is it a good approach to formally mandate their cowardice on messaging? If something isn't popular it has literally nothing to do with whether it's correct. Also, we can all just look and see that billionaires and Israel are unpopular, yet they never concede those talking points. Why is it that they'd abandon the underprivileged minorities but not the power centers if it's not all entirely about consolidating their power? That's their real agenda and this only memorializes it.

Can you imagine a hero in a movie having these beliefs? It's pathetic that they view politics as such a passive endeavor at a moment where we need activism more than ever.

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