a move to Sanders-esque policies and large structural changes like the GND would be their best bet, and in fact the bare minimum they must do, to keep things from imploding in the foreseeable future.

Seems too good to be true, but the optimist in me will be hopeful for it, again. I used to feel like this going into the Climate meetings. But those have long since been shown to be shams every time. It does seem like every country outside the US is more in line with the demsuc, Bernie style agenda. So maybe they convinced Biden to get on board with it and its good.

Whats good for the Left? I think this, if it works as the article suggests, is good for the Left. Civilizations go through cycles, because the rich get richer and the powerful use their power to stay in power. They consolidate power and wealth until its too unbalanced that there is either devastation, war or revolution. The pessimist in me says capital has too much power now to let this happen. We're beyond the event horizon falling into a black hole. They will say what they have to say to get our support, but then defang the thing of its good parts before it implements, just like the climate accords. If it works, then thats good for the Left, because we get to improve our lives and keep things going quite a bit longer before the collapse. If its a lie, then we continue on our present course.