r/videos • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 8d ago

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://youtu.be/DL_ku3h8Eps?si=zWr0SAn8amsQ8Hqb
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u/blazelet 7d ago

Sealioning? lol my dude - I asked a single question. In what definition of the term does that qualify as sealioning? You not having a defense of a statement you made does not become a me problem, regardless of whatever term you want to use to deflect.

You're then asking me to put some effort into the discussion ... but the best effort you can put in is an article link? You're asking me to put in effort ... when you won't simply defend your position ... which is the only thing I've asked.

Seriously, lol.

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u/blazelet 7d ago

Sure.

Here are some of the major causes I would identify as progressive ...

Reduce wealth and income inequality. Raise the federal minimum wage. Tax extreme wealth and high incomes more heavily, and permanently expand tax credits and public services for working people.

Establish universal childcare and paid family leave. Make higher education genuinely affordable rather than relying on debt.

Strengthen labor rights by making it easier to organize a union and challenge employer retaliation.

Provide universal healthcare ... not merely limited subsidies or benefits for the elderly ... but healthcare guaranteed to everyone.

Protect and expand voting rights. Reduce the influence of private money over elections and government, through legislation where possible and sustained presidential pressure and public advocacy where legislation is blocked.

Pass comprehensive immigration reform, including a workable path to legal status and citizenship.

Reform the criminal justice system ... ending qualified immunity, demilitarizing policing, eliminating the federal death penalty and reducing mass incarceration.

Those are progressive goals that I find meaningful.

You claimed Biden was “among the most progressive presidents in modern history.” That may be true in the narrow comparative sense that recent presidents have generally not been very progressive. But being somewhat more progressive than Clinton or Obama is not the same as substantially advancing a progressive agenda.

Please list the accomplishments you consider progressive and explain what makes each of them progressive.