• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    The inherent problem with the DNC is that rank in the party is designated by seniority, and all the current senior members came into power when Third Way politics became popularized.

    Third way politics is the actual non conspiracy reason you should hate the Clintons. They popularized it in America as a way to get past the gridlock of Congress that started in the early 90s. Basically they would work with “centrist” politicians on the other side of the aisle on any policy that both parties could agree with. This decongested the grid lock and “proved” that Democrats could be trusted to navigate the center path.

    In reality it ceded control over what policy made up the middle ground over to Republicans, who took the opportunity to drag the DNC further and further right. So now we have a “leftist” political party that has been trained for the last 30 years to reflexively make concessions at the whim of the increasingly fascist right.

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      2 days ago

      they likely worked with gingirch and mitch mconnel to achieve this end. both of them using never work with the other side until you get what you want legislation.

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          28 minutes ago

          Schumer, Jefferies are top donor recipients, apparently if you want a audience with these 2, you better toe the line for israel/MIC and if you want your political carrer/connections to survive.

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            12 hours ago

            I’d care more if people being outspent 10 to 1 weren’t winning elections. The donors matter, but not as much as they think they do, they only matter a lot to the corrupt.