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In reply to the discussion: Why Hasn't The American Left Convinced More Americans To Vote For More Progressive Candidates? [View all]Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)I just don't get how an OP like this is supposed to help us in 2014.
It ignores the fact that right-wing groups have been cutting into the progressive stronghold, unionism, like a hot knife through butter, with billions of dollars.
We lost MI to right-to-work, a cultural travesty, and the more we shed union membership the harder it is to mobilize to GOTV for progressives.
I'm really not sure what his point is. I feel like it is to bash DUers for wanting the US to be more progressive and suggesting that "Hey kids, let's get out there and put on a show" is going to get more progressives elected. I think everyone knows what the stakes are, how difficult it is and what we're up against. But mass mobilization takes funding and organization.