• @MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works
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    59 days ago

    Yep, it certainly was.

    Who are you hoping will be the progressive Democrat that runs in 28 that proves that neoliberal policies are just a thing of the past?

    It just seemed like overconfidence to proclaim any sense of achievement in that arena without yet achieving anything or even naming names. I want you to be right, but fascism is very much on the rise and the opposition party isn’t doing much to signal any real opposition aside from leaving Texas to withhold quorum for the absurd redistricting vote and I guess not blocking Mamdani from winning the NY mayoral primary.

    Just feels a little like Bush’s premature Mission Accomplished banner 20 years before giving up and pulling out of the conflict.

    • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      09 days ago

      It just seemed like overconfidence to proclaim any sense of achievement in that arena without yet achieving anything or even naming names

      Tell me who the fastest to run a hypothetical obstacle course that I haven’t built yet…

      Getting neoliberals out of the DNC leadership was building the course, that was the hard part and something I’ve wanted for 30 years even tho I was a kid when I started.

      That is an absolutely huge win, and it happened about 7 months ago

      So fuck yeah, I’m gonna celebrate, I’m gonna be optimistic.

      If you don’t understand what we did, you’ll keep thinking there’s no reason to be optimistic.

      But if you wait for billionaire media to talk about it in a realistic light, they won’t.

      Because billionaires lost the party and they don’t want anyone to notice so they can take it back.

      I’m not gonna stop being proud of what we did because people haven’t noticed.

      • @MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works
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        39 days ago

        My bad, I didn’t know anything had changed recently with the DNC. Idk anything about the new people, but I imagine it must be a good start if you’re so excited about it and since the changes all happened pretty much immediately after losing 2024.

        Alright, my hope tank just got up to like halfway lol.

        • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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          29 days ago

          Ken Martin is the new chair, and he was chair of Minnesota for the last decade.

          It’s not that he’s a progressive, it’s that he has zero bias in the primary and doesn’t think a party should meddle.

          That’s why Minnesota went from purple to solid blue. Where some of the most progressive House members can get elected, and a guy like Walz could be Governor.

          Him getting the keys to the DNC is just ridiculously huge for 99.99% of us, it’s just the other 0.01% control what gets said in the media, and they want us ignorant