BS: "We will be taking on [...] the establishment wing of the Democratic party"

[alarimer]

96. Good.

Centrism is going to lose, in the long run.

I guess this is what pisses me off the most in all of these threads, that the status quo, business as usual, is a-ok. Well, it's not okay, not by a long shot. The deck is stacked in favor of the rich and powerful and all we get are crumbs. The Democrats only dare to nibble around the edges. They (for the most part, but there are exceptions) are not interested (or they are too cowardly) in REAL change. Change that is meaningful: a government of, by and for the people, rather than for corporations and business. This means, eventually, some form of single payer health care. It's the only thing that makes sense. It also may mean some kind of basic income, probably, because the kinds of jobs that pay meaningful salaries are not going to exist in the numbers we need. And higher taxes on the rich. Bottom line, those assholes need to pay their fair share.

And I get that our guys are better than the other guys. But "better" only in some measures. They also are hamstrung by empty ideology, by trying to appeal to the middle. Well, fuck the middle. Fuck appealing to suburban Republicans. To hell with focus groups and mealy-mouthed middle-of-the-road empty suits.

I am firmly in the Warren wing. Nothing else will do from here on out.