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Most Democrat politicians are neo-liberals, meaning they are conservatives by all global standards.
We need progressives to take over the Dem party. If you are young and progressive, especially if you are in a shitty dead-end job, run for office. Do it. Local or national.
Sign up, go through the process, announce it for fun on social media. If nothing happens, it was a funny, enlightening experience. There is no upper limit to what can be accomplished if you actually start winning races, though.
- You cannot fix the Democrat party from the inside. Shit, you cannot fix the USA from the inside. It's not broken, it's working perfectly as designed. You can't vote your way out of this shit. Not if you had 500 years to do it instead of 20.
- We had several great progressives running in last years primary and general up near Seattle. All were crushed by incumbents.
  Guess folks just like the way things are.
- Honestly, once you hit 25 or whatever pick a party and run. Green or libertarian would be easiest. Whatever fits where you live. It gives you a different perspective on elections.
- Most Democrat politicians are neo-liberals, meaning they are conservatives by all global standards.
  This is the most brain damaged talking point, the Democrats are more left than the vast majority of the globe and Republicans are somewhere in the center. Unless your globe only consists of Canada, Scandinavia, and New Zealand then the Democrats aren't conservative
  
  My friend, you are in the wrong space. This is a space for people who are actually interested in studying political economy, not bad faith morons.
  
  You're literally a fucking tankie who supports Russia invading Ukraine. You're just outing yourself here as a bad faith moron.
  
  You have it flipped, we don’t support NATO’s war of aggression against Russia.
  Ukrainian President Yanukovych chose to have closer ties with Russia, which resulted in the Euromaidan coup in 2013-14, which directly caused this war.
  I support the people of Ukraine and would like to see peace. The Zelensky government should end the war and cede Russia the land whose people want to return to Russia anyways.
  
  Actually brain damaged
  
  Maybe we should call y’all tankies since y’all keep starting wars everywhere and have no interest in peace
- I don't even know what a lot of the stuff means anymore tbh. I just consider myself economically classically liberal and true centrist on social issues
  The people focusing hard on the social far left and far right are distracting people from the fact that the government is not helping out the common person economically.
  Frankly I think inflation is kind of here to stay for a while as the US painfully weans itself out of China and a world with a bunch of cheap former Soviet raw material inputs, nevermind a global wheat shortage due to the situation in Ukraine.
  The fed really does have to slowly jack up rates to create a bigger buffer for the next hard recession. What this means, I my very limited understanding, is that everything just costs more until supply is consolidated back home and nearby places like Canada, Mexico, and some Central American countries
  
  I don’t even know what a lot of the stuff means anymore tbh. I just consider myself economically classically liberal and true centrist on social issues
  The economics understander (as per 7th grade social studies) has entered the chat.
  
  The people focusing hard on the social far left and far right are distracting people from the fact that the government is not helping out the common person economically.
  If you’re talking about culture war crap, then sure, I agree. It’s manufactured outrage to distract from class issues.
  The fed really does have to slowly jack up rates to create a bigger buffer for the next hard recession.
  So you acknowledge the government isn’t helping the working class, and then proceed to support the government not helping? Do you believe in Reaganomics by any chance?

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