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[Garrett78]

18. There isn't one.

There isn't a "convincing tactical analysis" of how Sanders can win. Bernard Chazelle wrote, "America has lefties but no left." Until that changes, Dems will have to settle for neoliberals such as Clinton. Lefties have to be willing to lay the groundwork necessary so that someone like Sanders can become POTUS someday. The environment that will foster such a candidate must be created from the local outward; it can't just be willed into being.

I suggest getting involved in local projects of interest to you. Some examples might include volunteering with civil rights organizations, anti-bullying programs, union organizing, democratic schools or unschooling, co-ops, running for or working in public office, etc. *Note: I'm not talking about mere personal transformation (Gandhi never said "be the change&quot or promoting new age nonsense that has become popular with lefties. Nor am I advocating the creation of new organizations. I'm talking about joining with others to help bring about an environment in which neoliberals and neoconservatives aren't the only options at the national level.

Simply expressing opposition to lesser evil voting won't accomplish much. If you want an organized Left or an environment that can foster a progressive national politics, lefties are going to have to create it from the local outward. And accept that it will take a very long time given our starting position. As opposed to waiting every 4 or 8 years in hopes that this will be the year progressive so-and-so gets elected. Now, some reading this post may already be very active at the local level and I commend you (I sure as heck need to do more myself), but it's quite evident that more needs to be done, that "America has lefties but no left." Depending on your age, you may not see large-scale systemic change in your lifetime. And that can be demoralizing, I know. It's also not easy--you have a job, you have a family, you don't want to do even more work in your spare time. But you have to find a way, because you aren't going to will systemic change into being. You have to help lay the groundwork and - in order to get over the frustration with slow progress - take comfort in planting seeds in the collective consciousness.