Comment on Should we create a new political party in the US, specifically for shitting on the rich?

Intergalactic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• problematicPanther@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  fuck the democratic party. they’ve failed us, it’s time to bury the corpse.

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  • Intergalactic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It would be more effective to focus on supporting a progressive candidate for the DNC chair. The prospect of establishing a viable third party is extremely challenging, given the existence of nearly 20 “progressive” third parties that have struggled to gain traction. As someone who served as the chair for the Ohio Green Party, and was a platform builder for an already defunct progressive party, I have firsthand experience with the obstacles such efforts face. I’ve learned from my mistakes. The Progressive Caucus, Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, and more are great organizations to organize with. AIPAC out-funded progressives, but now people know that AIPAC is the reason the Democratic Party is terrible, and now volunteer and donation signups for progressive orgs have raised.

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    • krashmo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I think it would be easier to convince a few people to take out more CEOs than it would be to convince all the progressives in America that the DNC is worth investing more energy in.

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      • Intergalactic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Unfortunately, it is the only choice we have, that or violent revolution.

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    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I live in oregon, and I am looking to support progressive organizations more. Do you have any resources I can use to identify which organizations here are the real deal versus ones just pretending, or ones that are totally irrelevant?

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• RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yeah sure, so they can rig their primaries again.

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  • Intergalactic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Again, that is why we need to push for the DNC chair to be a progressive.

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    • Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Heard this for 30+ years and watched the Dems just go further right. Don’t think it works bud.

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      • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yeah, creating a third party seems a lot easier and more effective than taking over an existing party like the tea party did.

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