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Mon Jul-17-06 10:24 AM
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DU Still #1 for Progressive Democrats

(Repost from kentuck thread - thought it deserved it's own thread...sry mods)

Over the months DU has shifted a little to the center, but it is still very left and the mainstay voice for Democratic Party progressives on the internet. It will sway gently left and right on the parabolic arch of public awareness and we simply just have to ride along, stay true to our vision and keep promoting the causes we know result in peace and prosperity.

Yes lots of long time regulars left or post very infrequently now.
Yes there are more trolls.

But a few of us still hang on. I am as far left as you can get...and will go toe to toe with any centrist or GOP paid troll here as will many. Many of us are upset beyond anything we could of imagined 6 years ago. For some it has deeply effect their ability to look ahead and retain hope for a better future.

Most here react to every little news item and the trolls make sure we keep responding to every left division creating story. They gang up and coordinate posts to keep divisive issues on the front page. Despite this we still have the ability to enter into meaningful discourse on topics that matter and LBN is still the best and mose diverse breaking new source on the internet.

So all is not bad. Because I believe this, I am still here.

I really believe the future is in progressive politics and DU is the best place to formulate ideas that will propel us into the future.

I believe the future will bring us:

Socialized medicine and higher education, reduced military spending, renewable energy investment, conservation and shifting our focus from a global market consumer/oil based economy to a more localized community scaled economies (one of my favorite topics). i.e. Each community produces what it needs to flourish and trade with other communities. Rather than having one country produce the food another produce the shoes another produce the steel...we go smaller and throw the "economy of scale" economic mantra out. "Economy of Scale" is only useful for large conglomerates to maximize profit and crush competition, it does nothing else beneficial. Goods and services suffer, as does the environment and society in general as corporations grow so large they influence culture and effect international relationships.

In addition to economic reform society will change as well, Marriage Equity will be a reality and we will see the overtly obnoxious narrow vision of the Christian right fade in the public eye.

We will prevail. We all know this is where the future lies. But our regressionist friends, greedy bigots and war profiteers will continue hold sway over us for a time, but their time will end soon and we will still be here. With all our ideas, all our passion for better future for our decedents.

So take heart and and look to the future, stay focused that world can be a better place sometime, maybe not for us now.

We set the example for the next generation that will change the world.

Peace.