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The Way Forward

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scipan

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Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:14 AM Jan 22

Can we be forthright here? It seems like the Dem establishment pushes away the farther left [View all]

And by that I'm thinking about the anti corporate and anti billionaire left. My constructive criticism is to stop doing that (heh, duh). Certainly not all elected dems and they are certainly more friendly than the repubs. The trouble is, they need their money to keep their jobs.

Back in the day, many of you will remember, we thought that small donations powered by the Internet would change the equation, but no.

This is something everyone on the right I've talked with agrees on. "It's not right vs left, it's rich vs poor" is obvious to a heck of a lot of people. That's why Bernie got as far as he did.

That's the message. But there's a bit of pushback from both sides. I don't know the answer to that.

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