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In reply to the discussion: So can we get rid of the stupid "progressive vs establishment" false dichotomy now? [View all]JCanete
(5,272 posts)ever as good as its voters make it, and there have been times in the past where certain issues have gotten little play, where certain issues have not been on the radar of democratic voters, and as such have been far too risky for mainstream political contenders to dangle their ass in the wind for. I appreciate that. I'm not a hater of all decisions that have been made for pragmatic reasons given the playing field that is American politics. That includes moments where we've been sadly outgunned by a corporate media that had a choke-hold on the narrative, so that its been political suicide to take on and alienate some big money interests which also support our candidates to some degree(though at vastly different levels than the Republicans so that's a losing game in my opinion).
That is however, a dynamic that changed somewhat with the advent of social media as a watchdog(though we've seen the ways in which this has become its own kind of bubble making monsters in the last few years). And the social consciousness has certainly changed on all kinds of issues, and what I see no practical value at all in, has been the resistance by Democrats to ideas that seem to be playing well in the public sphere. That has stopped being a strategy for the sake of preservation.
By the way, among those donors to democrats are private prisons and payday loan companies. Both of which are still thriving in this nation. Both of which have not been decried by a united democratic front. Both of which are toxic and predatory.