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returnee

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39. IMHO:

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:28 AM

Jul 2025

One of two things will happen in 2026:
1) elections will be cancelled or indefinitely postponed (FL just set the precedent, a stalking horse), or:
2) the election will be digitally stolen (as I believe it was in 2024).

Therefore, I believe to plan on winning power in 2026 by elections only is at best naive, and more likely foolhardy.

Don’t get me wrong-it’s not that I don’t think we should not try to win elections. It’s just that I believe an increasingly active mass movement, including demonstrations, strikes, boycotts, political education campaigns, and any other kind of mass resistance we can come up with should be our principle strategy. Elections, if we have them or have fair ones will take care of themselves.

As always, YMMV.

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I think Dems should immediately start campaigning on Universal Healthcare/Medicare-for-All as a runup to 2026. [View all] Sogo Jul 2025 OP

Great Idea yankee87 Jul 2025 #1

Yes, exactly. Sogo Jul 2025 #4

Agree with you 100%. erronis Jul 2025 #10

Absolutely!!! Yes!! Let's make this happen!! We can do it!! wordstroken Jul 2025 #28

+1. Darn sure ought to start running on Democratic Project 2026/2028. Merely criticizing trump ain't gonna help us win. Silent Type Jul 2025 #2

Another way to do this is to get behind a "shadow cabinet" that can present a unified view erronis Jul 2025 #12

That would require a level of organization never known to Democrats. TomSlick Jul 2025 #29

Agree - herding cats. But we're fighting an enemy who is much more disciplined. erronis Jul 2025 #33

We are who we are. TomSlick Jul 2025 #34

You have to votes...first we have to fix what the GOP broke. WE need a strong Demsrule86 Jul 2025 #3

You just lost us the election. Jirel Jul 2025 #30

Too scary. They can't possibly do that! *pearlclutch* HelpImSurrounded Jul 2025 #5

Agreed blueinredLa Jul 2025 #6

dems have so much against them et tu Jul 2025 #7

and they should anchor that message... GiqueCee Jul 2025 #8

You'd have to get them all on the same page about that first. Good luck! WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #9

Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2025 #11

Yup. The time is ripe for a progressive agenda Joinfortmill Jul 2025 #13

IF ONLY... MrChuck Jul 2025 #14

Relitigating the 2016 primary? Why? comradebillyboy Jul 2025 #35

They tried Mountainguy Jul 2025 #40

Would be nice but it won't happen. Health insurance is a chunk of their income. Autumn Jul 2025 #15

That's over Blue Full Moon Jul 2025 #17

How so? Health insurance companies will continue to donate to these politicians. Autumn Jul 2025 #19

They needed to run on it with Harris Blue Full Moon Jul 2025 #16

This should damn well be part of the platform and the standard view by now. Karasu Jul 2025 #18

I'm in LilElf70 Jul 2025 #20

We absolutely MUST abandon the corporate overlords and return to labor. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2025 #21

100%! THE OTHER 2-PT. MESSAGE: "All Republican leaders take all that "socialism" healthcare for themselves, but deny it ancianita Jul 2025 #22

That message is too easy to attack--attacks that will resonate with a lot of the... Ol Janx Spirit Jul 2025 #23

That's why we lose. Jirel Jul 2025 #32

It's a fair point, but the moment we are in did not come out of nowhere. It is the result of a decades-long... Ol Janx Spirit Jul 2025 #37

It wont matter Hornedfrog2000 Jul 2025 #24

Highly recommended democrank Jul 2025 #25

Agree (nm) mikewv Jul 2025 #26

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K&R mvd Jul 2025 #31

A simple and Powerful message That AOC and Bermie have been sharing with huge, enthusiastic crowds all over the US usonian Jul 2025 #36

That, and a ten year balanced budget, paid for by taxes on elon. Volaris Jul 2025 #38

IMHO: returnee Jul 2025 #39

Yes and I believe Gov. Walz said the same. Passages Jul 2025 #41

The Public Option is a better option than Medicare for All n/t Wanderlust988 Jul 2025 #42