By fighting Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become the next Speaker of the House, the right wing of the Republican Party won significant concessions that will make it a powerful player in Congress. The Left should learn to replicate its tactics for egalitarian ends.
Maybe. But the GOP "rebels" didn't really want anything substantial from McCarthy and they don't threaten capitalism in the slightest. On the other hand, the few left-wing Congressmembers playing hardball would get crucified by the mainstream media and by the Dem primary voters. Remember, when a pollster asks a Dem primary voter about good policy, the Dem primary voter will generally be in favor of it - first because they want to look like a good person to the pollster and because they want the Dem party to look good in "Dem primary voters polls" that get published everywhere in mainstream media. But when it comes down to it, they will vote for the Iraq war-supporting neoliberal candidate. And they will do it multiple times in a row!
A lot of Warren voters I've met seemed to think she supported M4A. People really belive that the neoliberals have their back. It's not about looking like a good person, it's about misjudging the neoliberal warmongers.
I hate warren libs with the fury of a thousand suns. Yeah whatever Bernie turned out to be a damp squib and now I'm a tankie, but her absolutely shameless betrayal with that sexism shit was jsut incredible.