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Conservatives Revolt Anew Over Johnson Deal to Avert Shutdown
(www.nytimes.com)
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HAHAHAH. fucking regressives.
I hope the deal passes, and then Johnson gets shit-canned by his own people.
Sounds like we have 3 parties under the guise of 2. The right can splinter, this is good.
Agreed. They helped make that bed, let them languish in it.
I’m waiting for all of the independent progressives to coalesce into their own party. When that happens things can get…. Interesting.
I gave you an upvote because I want to believe, but I have serious doubts. With the changing landscape of the demographics in this country we have been consistently racing the clock on whether a real progressive coalition can form before the psychopathic underbelly of crypto-fascist evangelicals can undermine the institutions of government enough to enforce a generation of minority rule through structural violence.
It is the perfect storm right now where we are ripe for massive progressive change, but I don't see anything resembling an organized force to accomplish that. While we all quibble over policy and minor ethical differences, the modern right is a unified force marching towards authoritarianism. I want to believe, I really do, but I would also be lying if I said I wasn't also terrified.
hey, I'm terrified, too.
I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing, and I certainly don't have the resources (probably) to do it. Or I'd try to organize people myself. The reality is, though, that progressives haven't really gone away like democrats think they have. We just left the democratic party because they're monopolized by corpo-centrists like Biden- who all have happily slid right to fill the gap vacated by the GOP moving to the further extreme. This was the wrong way to go. If you want to combat fascism, you need to slide the overton window left, not further right, and that means progressives are our best chance at combating the right.
Under biden, we've seen a consistent erosion of rights. It's not entirely his fault... but he is a long time leader in the DNC. part of how we got here is... through his leadership.
Something needs to change, and at this point, I doubt that the DNC will be that change.
/agree 10,000% with everything you said.
I’d love to see a party of real progressives, instead of constantly being let down by democrats.
You and me both.
actually. I wonder how this gets started...
Ever seen 'The Life of Brian?' Remember the scene where Brian decides to join the revolution? "Whatever happened to the United People's Popular Front?' "He's sitting over there.'
It's sad but true.
Maybe we'll actually end up with rank-choice voting once conservatives realize they're split down the middle and will never win another election again (we can hope).
As long as they can caucus together that won't work.
Or leftists stay home in November to prove a point for the following elections that never occur. 🤷