In this time, when it is clear that Biden will not get in without the Left, and the mentality is "anyone but trump" it is the perfect time to rally behind a revolutionary third party. A Greens/DSA/BernieBro alliance could seriously hold the election hostage. If this is not the time, when the fuck will it ever be? obviously this is not enough, but you can "hold them accountable" way more than you could hold joe fuckin biden and the democrats

  • ap1 [any,undecided]
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    4 years ago

    was the volunteer systems not organised? there was such a huge door knocking contingent that could easily flip on dems?

    • garbology [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      organised

      Bernie didn't organize people, those barnstorms mobilized people.

      Big difference: mobilized people are given a single directive from a centralized hierarchy with the expectation that they return to their lives afterwards.

      Leftists need to organize people into persistent independent parallel structures.

      • ap1 [any,undecided]
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        4 years ago

        this is very true - i hoped the barnstorms could actually organise but i guess they did not

    • s_p_l_o_d_e [they/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I think they mean after Bernie endorsed Biden, there's no structure that could replace Bernie but keep that same left contingent mobilized and to move on with another candidate/leader

        • joshuaism [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Because Howie doesn't have daily FB ads asking for more donations. How you gonna develop that sweet meme magic if you aren't saturating the media consumption of your most ardent supporters?