The DNC and the rest of the Dem establishment would rather lose than adopt any meaningful progressivism or allow for a progressive candidate.

Their primary motivation, and quite possibly their only motivation, is collecting as much soft money as possible.

And that interest is actually well served by losing, and in fact, that appears to be their preference. If they lose, then they don't need to run in the next election on any platform other than stopping the Republicans from causing even more harm, which saves them having to promise their supporters things that they'll then have to arrange to somehow fail to deliver even if they have a majority. It's easier just to lose, then to run merely on being "not Republicans."

And the one thing that would upset that gravy train is ending up with an actual progressive in a powerful position. A progressive would not only promise things the establishment democrats would prefer to not even mention, but would mean it. And even worse yet, they'd then try to actually deliver on their promises. And that would alienate the big money, which pays for policies that favor themselves, and most assuredly NOT policies that favor the common people.

So yes - if the Democrats want to win, they self-evidently need to appeal to progressives. But that's been the case since 2016, and it's made zero difference and it's going to continue to make zero difference, because they'd rather lose than adopt any meaningful progressivism.

but progressives are not the ones writing Biden and the rest of the politicians' checks so unlikely the Democrats will do anything different in 2028 such as listen to progressives

Harris told the progressives to shut up in the election we just had while she partied hardy with Republicans at celebrity filled galas

ain't shit going to change

The DNC just denied AOC. There is absolute zero chance they will change anything in 2028.

While it's nice to dream, even the author of this piece acknowledges he is doing exactly that.

It’s unlikely that the insiders who built a system that enriches themselves—guaranteeing profits whether the party wins or loses—will willingly dismantle it. Yet that is exactly what is required.

If he knows it won't happen this way It kinda boggles me what exactly he's laying out here. He identifies the issue, then he hides from the implications of his own assertion.

He goes on.

Unfortunately, one of the first major tests of whether the Democratic Party was prepared to take progressives seriously—the vote on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid to be the ranking member of the Oversight Committee—revealed troubling signs of continued resistance to the grassroots wing of the party.

If he hadnt mentioned this, i woulda. This is a huge sign of the partys intentions, further indication he is right.The fact the Democratic party fresh offa loss this bad... changes nothing, in fact signals their intentions are to lose rather than changea thing.

Why does he then tell progressive to 'get the establishment to listen? Listen to what? Are progressives to assume, after author explicitly tells them otherwise, that merely talking to the establishment dems (who only care about enriching themselves) will do a 180 and help reform democracy?

Give me a break with this crap man! If he's gonna acknowledge the Democratic party is rotten to the point where they don't care to win, how can he write the rest of this daydream with a straight face? It feels like he lost the thesis he started with

Liberal Democrats: Well, we didn't fucking ask you!

Not gonna happen under Pelosi and the current DNC leadership

It's no secret to progressives that authoritarian agendas thrive when working-class voters feel abandoned

It's nice they included this statement as the first sentence. It's lets you know right up front that if you don't accept this premise, then the conclusions that follow are going to be incoherent.

Progressives need to realize that Marxism is a fine tool for some problems and not the answer to every question. It's not just the economy, stupid.

Progressive ECONOMIC policies. Getting dragged into culture war issues is the divide and conquer strategy utilized by the parasite class to keep us all fighting each other.

You don't get to put pretty donkey picture to hide US politic :( You've got the blue drawing of donkey for that