If only Americans didn’t hate LGBT and minorities so much they might be actually be able to progress instead of continuing the American tradition of two steps forward one step back.
If only Americans didn’t hate LGBT and minorities so much they might be actually be able to progress instead of continuing the American tradition of two steps forward one step back.
The struggle for me is Democrats will never fix the root issue, which is capitalism. Yes they’re the better of the two right leaning options but why can’t socialists get our shit together and make an actual leftist party?
Because it would split the party enough that Republicans would gain further control.
Unfortunately, the best way to move things further left is not “yet another party”, but decimation of the Republican party and then fracture (with FPTP is replaced). With FPTP in place, any party further left than democrats will just fail, because Republicans will dominate and further restrict voting to maintain control. We are seeing that very thing right now with election commissions in GA.
The only other option is the tankie hope for a civil war, which I am so much against I would not only argue against, but would actively fight against that sort of destructive approach which would serve only to harm and kill imo.
So what to do? Support people in primaries who are as far left as possible. Participate in the process, including primaries. Vote in local elections. Volunteer.
Be the left you want to see in the Democrats.
As someone who lives under representative representation, I totally agree that FPTP should go. But being against that system doesn’t have to ve a leftist strategy. I think everyone who does not feel represent by the two big parties can get behind a change there. Pushing that idea across the spectrum could be helpful. It might even be an idea to start an alliance party with as only program point an overdue constitutional reform. You wouldn’t need other policies: simply reform & hold new elections as soon as possible afterwards
100% it impacts voters of all parties
Since Republicans would lose more ground that way though, they will continue to push unrelated issues for single issue voters, and continuously make it “not the right time!” to address FPTP.
And while that sounds nice to reform immediately, that isn’t how things would work given our Constitution. So I don’t think it would realistically work out
Mostly a combination of laziness, the need to work 50-60 hours/week to survive, and good old-fashioned leftist infighting.
Don’t forget the two party system (FPTP voting), gerrymandering, the electoral college, the debates being organized by the two parties themselves instead of an unbiased third party organization, mainstream media (in general), private money in politics, and every other systemic issue preventing political third parties from existing.
First we need to shift the Overton window left by repeatedly defeating Republicans.
Because we never elect someone on the left. The best we can do is someone only slightly Right of center. We can’t even get someone in the center let alone someone actually on the left
The way there is to get involved in local and state politics, primary right-wing Dems and organize enough voters to replace them with left-wing Dems
Almost. The need for a third (and fourth etc) party is real. Dems are very interested in the capitalism, more so than human rights. An actual left party is needed for balance.
The only way to have viable third+ parties in the US is to drastically change the election system, and the only way to do that is to reform the Democratic party