California Democrats, stop being stupid

[JCanete]

213. That isn't it at all. Its to tell democrats "Fucking fight for this already and we will

be with you..."

the problem is there is a lot of pressure not to push for these big things. If all the risk comes from taking up the mantle of big ideas and none of it from abdicating on them, what do you think our democrats are going to look like? The succesful ones are going to be those who best avoid those risks. There HAS to be pressure from the left. There has to be a movement that gives democrats cover to act in our best interest and not in the interest of the most powerful special interests who mean to destroy those who cross them too completely. As it is now, bigt money to democrats is the fail-safe. It is the back-up plan. Fund the middle of the road democrats and keep upstarts far away from power, and then, if the 1st choice-- the bought and paid for republican candidate-- loses, at least there's no risk of class-war populism.

I for one am tired of our team being the alternates in a rigged system. I'm tired of us playing into it. If we refuse to call out that abdication on our side of the aisle where it happens(and that's even if its being expedient for some perceived greater good), then our words are hollow when we call out the selling out that happens on the other side of the aisle. When we refuse to challenge our own side, we aren't tending to our own garden, and we are not helping our own side to stand up to big financial influence.

They need the cover of public outcry because there will always be a need for those in power to hedge their bets, so whether the middle of the road is where it is today, or further to the left, it is ultimately still the insiders who will be the ones to make progress. It is ultimately the outsiders who will make that possible. So while I'd rather we didn't take any money( because it has led to this, it really has), if the left continues to push and enough people join in and demand a different political voice, then that money will still flow to the middle. Its just that the middle will have shifted in the correct direction.

I have no illusions about whether Sanders will ever be President. I have no illusions about what kind of forces will work against him(or the next face of democratic socialism) on both sides of the aisle to ensure that that never happens. But because of the energy of his campaign and evetrything that led up to it and all other changing bars of what we are willing to accept, from Occupy Wall-street to Black Lives Matter, our politicians have had to, and been allowed to, take note and respond accordingly with messaging that resonates with that whole new public expectation within the democratic and liberal base. 15 Senators on board a plan for medicare for all. 2 Senators(booker and Gillibrand) declaring that they will take no pac money. That is a fucking good thing. That is the right direction. We don't get there by shutting up and letting the "adults" run the show. We get there by letting our leaders in on the secret of what we care about and where we want them to stand.