Wait till dwindling retirement/brokerage statements arrive in the mail and Social Security checks don't. These are not normal times. - ThreadSky

suandog.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Wait till dwindling retirement/brokerage statements arrive in the mail and Social Security checks don't.

These are not normal times.

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jemartinez.bsky.social•2 days ago

I hope you’re right. But the reality is most people still won’t get involved. The idea that turning out to protests and town halls will somehow activate everyone to our side and give us the results we want is wishful thinking, especially when the Dems can’t even get their act together in private

suandog.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Democratic Party is less than worthless as @schumer.senate.gov demonstrated. Dems currently in charge are a liability to their constituents and the nation.

Much depends on how Trump plays his hand with Social Security. I'm not sure if they are testing the waters or are hellbent on ending it.

jemartinez.bsky.social•2 days ago

Probably both. As far as third party vs transforming the Dems into a Prog Left party, I doubt either is feasible until people trust Progressives with their economic livelihoods—which they don’t, yet. I’m also not totally convinced that Dems weren’t facing a lose-lose scenario with the shutdown

suandog.bsky.social•2 days ago

Using myself as an example. Being labelled a Progressive, once a derogatory term to moderate like myself, seems like a small price to pay while supporting members addressing the crisis at hand. Their message should be appealing to jaded Republican voters too. The old playbook is out the window.

jemartinez.bsky.social•2 days ago

I agree that the playbook should be tossed; it hasn’t worked. But the progressive message isn’t appealing to jaded Republicans, nor the rest of the Left, partly because it includes things that not everyone can get behind, and purity-politics enforcement pushes people away. That’s one of the ⬇️

jemartinez.bsky.social•2 days ago

2/2
reasons why something like 12-15% of the population identifies as Progressive. But you don’t need everyone to call themselves Progressive, not unless you want to just be the Left’s version of MAGA. We need a platform that people can get behind, and messengers who know how to organize, not shun

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