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Bad news is there are a lot more racists than leftists. If leftists want to force compromise we need to increase our bargaining power somehow.
The thing people don't seem to understand is that political compromise happens not because it is wanted. It's because the other faction has forced it.
I don't think so. There are a lot more people willing to call themselves racist than leftist. Leftist policies, when not called leftist, are incredibly popular, even with Republican voters.
Then maybe you shouldn't make a big deal of calling yourself 'Progressive' or 'Leftist' or 'Communist'
Mao said that the revolutionary swims through the population like a fish swims through the sea.
Leftist is what the Democratic Party calls me. More left than progressives or Democratic Socalists.
But compared to other liberal nations, Democrats are center right, and Democratic Socialists are centrist. The Republican party was far right in the Reagan era. Now it's radical extreme right.
Right now according to the Republican party, the Democratic party is communist, and degenerate.
But we've seen actual socialist democratic societies like Grenada and Revolutionary Catalonia and I think we should aspire to those.
I personally call myself an Anarchist, but I agree. If we're trying to sell an idea, it's best not to give it a name. Just describe it and it'll propogate if it's a good idea.
Yeah, the only "real" label I apply to my self is Absurdist and that doesn't really have much to do with politics. Labels are artificial. They're an abstraction to make communication easier.
In politics, you kind of need to go beyond the surface level communication, deeper than labels, to get to the good stuff. Most people agree on most things (1: leave me the fuck alone 2: I like money 3: I like to live in a good neighborhood, whatever that means) so when you take the leftist issues and describe them abstractly, they usually fit neatly within those motivators.
That may well be true but until those people are activated and organized into a political movement that has the power to demand concessions, don't expect things to change. That's all I'm saying.
And yeah that means we are going to need to work with people who have disgusting views on some issues.
Always enough leftitst to blame election losses on, never enough to force negotiation. We see how it is. Demanding our vote? Compromise with us.
"Our enemy is both very strong and very weak." Type stuff
It's not up to them whether we can force negotiations lol. That's what it means to force them.
And yeah blaming losses on leftists is stupid because there truly aren't that many of us. I haven't found good polling but from what I can deduce it's in the single digits percentage-wise.
Someone will always highlight recent elections with incredibly thin margins, though. E.g. people who attribute Trump winning in 2016 to disappointed Bernie voters that didn't show up to vote for Hillary.
But that also ignores just how broken the US electoral system is anyways, where it doesn't matter how many more votes you have if they still aren't distributed correctly.
Yeah there are multiple reasons this breaks down but fundamentally it is the responsibility of leaders to convince voters to vote for them. If they fail to do so that's on them, not the voters.
Also, in tight elections there are always a large number of possible constituencies that could swing the election. It does not follow that they're individually responsible for the outcome.
Especially, since, y'know, as a leftist who typically does vote for democrats it's not as if I personally control what other leftists do.
A blood clot the size of a pinhead can cause a heart attack.
Something can be tiny and still mess things up.
Then it sounds like blood clots are worth taking seriously instead of just hoping they'll end up okay.
Yeah, but if someone is staring at a machine gun, the clots kind of get ignored.
And if the clots kill the person first, that really doesn't stop the gun man, does it?
Compromise happens in systems that enforce it, i.e. multi-party systems.
Very true. The system itself is a big part of the issue.
You win over others with policies, policies that improve their material conditions. Those policies are popular across the board.
Unfortunately the vast majority of the public is too disengaged to care about details like "policy", instead voting based on gender, skin tone, and lies- if they vote at all
Is that analysis based on data or vibes?
The data on why the Democrats failed to win is clear
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Tim Walz's Progressive Policies Popular With Republicans in Swing States
https://blueprint2024.com/polling/harris-poll-positive-message-8-8/
https://blueprint-research.com/polling/distance-biden-ads-message-test-10-15/
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That's a factor.
But I wouldn't rule out gerrymandering, voter suppression, voter caging and the massive oligarch-owned far-right propaganda machine that dominates TV viewership and social media.
I guess the midterms in 2026 will show us whether or not that multi-tiered attack is enough to kill democracy, or if the people of the US really do vote based on the economy.
The best way to improve the odds is to help build a real opposition with your local DSA
Different groups of people. A very significant chunk of people aren't even aware that the US is at war.
If you can't back up your claims with data, I don't get the point of this conversation
https://theconversation.com/what-americans-think-of-the-war-in-iran-277627