I'm only on my first bottle of Mountain Dew this cold Saturday morning so have some patience.
Speaking in terms of policy, I'm in your camp. If I could wave a magic wand and make all liberal policies the law of the land, I'd do that. Even if there are some I was on the fence on, I'd probably take the whole package instead of picking and choosing ala carte. If We suddenly found ourselves with a very liberal president and Congress - then I'd advocate screwing the GOP and ramming all the legislation through.
But none of that is likely to happen. In fact, the chances are slim. Very slim (I'd say the magic wand part is impossible.)
So where does that leave people like me? Supporting pragmatic Democrats who compromise for what we can get - which is incremental change, and fighting back against "progressive" authoritarianism. The 'all or nothing' mentality that comes out of the left is much more harmful than it is good. The tone of the 'far left,' with your "uber wealthy corporate megalomaniac overlord" revolutionary rhetoric is cartoonish. You call people 'elite' but it is you who sound elite talking like that.
Finally, the spinning of history by many on the left rivals that of the silliest shit Sarah Palin has ever said. Even recent history, verified in still available news sources, is spun and denied to fit the 'far left' world view.
Some on DU like to make fun of the old canard 'the perfect is the enemy of the good.' But it is absolutely true when applied here. Your resistance to getting organized and raising money to run effective campaigns is legendary. And your excuses when you lose (often having to do with the previously mentioned "uber wealthy corporate megalomaniac overlord"
have become a staple in your playbook.
This is why I use the term 'progressive' in quotes as a noun to describe you. I'm progressive (adjective) but NOT a 'progressive' (noun) and why would I want to be?
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