• theneverfox@pawb.social
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      7 days ago

      Why? The party is dead. They’re just holding onto their seats

      Take the seats, you take it all. Keep the infrastructure of the party, keep the name recognition and the data they have, and replace the members

      It’s happening already - Hoggs funneled money into Mumdani’s primary even as they try to ratfuck him out…

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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        7 days ago

        If the party is dead, why rely on a party designed from the ground up to serve wealthy donors? Entryism doesn’t work.

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          You spelled “take” wrong

          It matters because the party isn’t the people, it’s infrastructure. It’s buildings, it’s support staff, it’s mailing lists and payment processors

          It’s getting a special (often unfair) place on the ballot in all 50 states. It’s 50 (often flawed) primary processes that follow local laws

          And it’s a banner. Not one people like, but it’s one banner. A banner that theoretically stands for democracy and the common man

          The left is not organized. Do we rally behind a fresh, ideologically pure banner? Which one? How long to work out which group is the best? How long until we can build up that infrastructure?

          Fuck that. Winning is what matters.

          The people are on our side for now, there’s so much anger and energy. How long until they adjust to the new normal and go back to refusing to believe in a better world?

          We have a chance right now. The next 18 months. In one sweep we can take a tattered banner and get in control - before people get cold feet. While they’re still just screaming for someone to stop Trump.

          We can use the momentum to unfuck our democracy once we take control, but we can’t get distracted. There’s no room for purity or lofty ideals. We have to take what is offered and exploit every opportunity. We have to use the system against itself.

          We have to win. Now. Or we all die

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            7 days ago

            take what is offered

            That’s the true Blue MAGA spirit.
            We’re shit, we do a little genocide and whatever but forget that and vote for us bcs we’re not Trump.