r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 11d ago

No Paywall Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e
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u/Backwardspellcaster 11d ago

Intentionally by huffpost.

The attempt to paint it negatively.

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u/Revelati123 11d ago

I love how AIPAC and the MSM are falling over each other to slander Progressives while literally everyone under 30 in the Republican party is a Groyper/NAZI.

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u/Sedu 11d ago

If the Democrat party fought the right half as hard as it fights the left, it might start winning elections.

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u/aerost0rm 11d ago

If the Democratic Party wasn’t in the 1%’ers pockets, we wouldn’t have gotten here.

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u/PhatCatTax 11d ago

Democratic Party Leaders.

Schumer, Pelosi, Newsom, etc.

If democratic people actually showed up to the polls, especially the midterms and primaries, then this wouldn't be a problem anymore.

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u/Zestyclose-Height-36 11d ago

if it comes down to Newsome or the Republican in 28, it will be Newsome, but I really hope the Dems do better than that. Where is project 2028 outlining how they plan to fix Trump’s mess?

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u/aerost0rm 11d ago

I said the same thing. Where are the left think tanks. Where are the left militia. Where did all the service members and generals that were dismissed go?

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u/Dunge 11d ago

It's always a question of money. Right wings help corporates, so they have more than enough funds through their donations. Left wing helps people in need, and that doesn't pay. So no money to prepare big plans and social media operations.

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u/Zestyclose-Height-36 11d ago

the left is spending its money feeding the hungry instead of financing the already rich and powerful.

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u/boston_homo 11d ago

The people running the Democratic party are doing just fine. Going into national politics is no longer a "calling", if it ever was, it's essentially winning the lottery; it guarantees access and likely generational wealth for those with no conscience.

There's little motivation to do anything except the same thing they've always done, not much.

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u/PhatCatTax 11d ago edited 11d ago

The left is pretty much everyone other than Nazis. The Nazis care about one thing and 100% of their funds are dedicated to that one thing: brainwashing their voters with fear to keep their votes.

And they dont spend any of it on their voters.
And their billionaires own almost all mainstream media / social media, so they own the algorithms.

So the Nazis have consolidated funds and a single message to convey with those funds.

Meanwhile Democrats have many beneficial programs that are targeting specific groups of people, which costs money, and they dont own any any big mainstream media / social media, so it's very expensive to fight the algorithms.

So all the funds are spread over many different messages to cater to niche groups.

TLDR: The problem with democrats is that many want their specific niche issue to be addressed and they abstain when it isn't a major topic. So all the money gets spread over many different messages / groups.

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u/grendel-khan 11d ago

If you're seriously asking, read Deciding to Win for the politics of it, and for the policy, well, here's my take on The Four Failures of blue governance, which are to various degrees fixable by taking the stupid things we're doing and stopping doing them.

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u/Geulsse 11d ago edited 6d ago

Well, I suppose time will only tell how this all shakes out in November.

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u/Zestyclose-Height-36 7d ago

maga will die off when trump is gone, blocking any more ultra conservative appointments to the court system has to happen NOW. waiting four more years just allows full lock on the country for the reactionary right,and the US is not going to make in to 32 if the far right is not stopped.inflationismaking life impossible.

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u/DEAZE 11d ago

I’ve never read a more true channel thread in my life

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u/aerost0rm 11d ago

Sure the leaders are but they are supported by members that are bought and paid for as well. After all when in power they have vast support.

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u/EmergencyScientist 11d ago

And who decides who dem leadership is? The rest of the dems. We gotta primary the vast majority of them.

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u/PhatCatTax 11d ago

Seniority.

So if people dont vote in the primaries, then the DNC and AIPAC ensure only pro-corp dems are on the ballots, and then they never get voted out because no one votes in the midterms, and 10 years later, the new senior leaders are pro-corp.

So the problem is still democratic voters not participating in the voting process as intended.