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In reply to the discussion: I am so utterly sick of this Third Way shit. [View all]joshcryer
(62,270 posts)...there is hardly much that can be done about it.
The democratic parties' 3 factions (liberals, moderates, and conservatives- particularly the conservatives indebted to the MIC) must become one. It will take several generations for the liberals to overwhelm the democratic party, but until then I see no reasonable outcome.
And then you won't get what you really want. There will always be interests that the party will uphold above the individuals of society. The republican party will die out, and then another "more liberal" party will take their place (or rather, the democratic party will become the "right wing" party). This is a gradual evolution that bemoaning and bitching about cannot change. You cannot force the electorate to vote the way you desire, we remain a minority.
You can "light a flame under the feet" of the party, that's all well and good, but they will ignore it if it doesn't fit their constituency. They can't deal with the possibility that a position that they might feel deep down being voted upon being used against them.
There's a reason Obama has a lot of No Votes.