This issue is though, the way our government is set up is to work exclusively in a two-party mode. If your goal is to win elections, it will not happen as a third party (though there are other reasons to be in an election other than winning i.e. the PSL's strategy). Every DSA member in congress other than maybe AOC (and even her I'm not sure about) will absolutely lose if they ran as a third party. Just waaaay too many Americans just vote for whoever has an R or D next to their name.
True, its damn near impossible to win if you don't wear the correct colors.
But will it matter if the party leadership squashes any attempt by DSA backed candidates to act in a progressive/lefty fashion?
AOC has to tread a fine line because of the conservative leadership of the Democrat party. Same goes for any other lefty that manages to pull off an upset and sneak into their seats. The paradox of "winning" only to find a huge weight either trying to drag them to the political right or just have enough force to keep them from moving anything to the left.
Honestly, the dems would Corbyn her (make her have no committee spots) if she wasn't popular. I think she is pretty standard social democrat, but that is too much for dems.
This issue is though, the way our government is set up is to work exclusively in a two-party mode. If your goal is to win elections, it will not happen as a third party (though there are other reasons to be in an election other than winning i.e. the PSL's strategy). Every DSA member in congress other than maybe AOC (and even her I'm not sure about) will absolutely lose if they ran as a third party. Just waaaay too many Americans just vote for whoever has an R or D next to their name.
True, its damn near impossible to win if you don't wear the correct colors.
But will it matter if the party leadership squashes any attempt by DSA backed candidates to act in a progressive/lefty fashion?
AOC has to tread a fine line because of the conservative leadership of the Democrat party. Same goes for any other lefty that manages to pull off an upset and sneak into their seats. The paradox of "winning" only to find a huge weight either trying to drag them to the political right or just have enough force to keep them from moving anything to the left.
Honestly, the dems would Corbyn her (make her have no committee spots) if she wasn't popular. I think she is pretty standard social democrat, but that is too much for dems.