100%, it's honestly kinda why I'm fine with the existing strategy of dem enter for electoral politics and continued non electoral organizing for other socialist organizations.
The problem with american politics is that each party is mostly just “not republican” vs “not democratic”.
It's deeper than that.
2004 was the year Republicans tried to ban gay marriage state-by-state. 2008 was the year Democrats ran against insurance rescission. Gun control and abortion, felon disenfranchisement, income tax rates, tariffs and trade agreements, mask mandates and vaccine distributions - maybe they're all Lib issues, but they are issues that divide the parties.
This isn't just "Not Being the Other Team". Policy is happening.
100%, it's honestly kinda why I'm fine with the existing strategy of dem enter for electoral politics and continued non electoral organizing for other socialist organizations.
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The problem with american politics is that each party is mostly just "not republican" vs "not democratic".
The only way to advance your goals in American politics is to grab a larger slice of one of these two "not the other guy" sentements.
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It's deeper than that.
2004 was the year Republicans tried to ban gay marriage state-by-state. 2008 was the year Democrats ran against insurance rescission. Gun control and abortion, felon disenfranchisement, income tax rates, tariffs and trade agreements, mask mandates and vaccine distributions - maybe they're all Lib issues, but they are issues that divide the parties.
This isn't just "Not Being the Other Team". Policy is happening.
I'm talking about the political coalitions that vote for said parties, not the parties themselves.
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