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In reply to the discussion: We just fucking cannibalize each other fucking ourselves over and over. [View all]meadowlander
(5,198 posts)will never be addressed by centrist corporatist politics.
We can't afford to keep bleeding our core demographics who are frustrated with us for not being for a vision of the future that gives them hope and excites them.
And if the lessons of the past 26 years have taught us nothing, it's that you don't bring those people back by brow-beating and threatening them. "Vote blue, no matter who" applies to thee and not just me.
The Democratic party is a big tent which is meant to be based on coalition building. So why not try actually listening to people and thinking about what appeals to them about a European-style social democratic society and consider if any of those policies should be advanced by our shared candidate.
Joe Biden won on policies he adopted from Bernie and Elizabeth including student loan forgiveness, expanding Medicare, and raising the minimum wage.
Why don't you follow the examples of the leaders you support?