Club of Rome/Club of Growth; Emily's List/Susan B. Anthony's List; Black Lives Matter/All Lives Matter. And yet, Dems so often take a defense/reactionary position. History tells us when we fight for progressive causes, a) we win, b) they're broadly appealing, c) we win so hard it kicks off backlash - ThreadSky

amywestervelt.bsky.social • 112 days ago

Club of Rome/Club of Growth; Emily's List/Susan B. Anthony's List; Black Lives Matter/All Lives Matter. And yet, Dems so often take a defense/reactionary position. History tells us when we fight for progressive causes, a) we win, b) they're broadly appealing, c) we win so hard it kicks off backlash

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bhostgird.bsky.social•111 days ago

need the progressive landslide + ruthless reconstruction. having any sort of mercy towards those that only identify with tearing apart our success is the most bizarre and counterproductive bent of modern progressive forces. Lincoln shoulda sent Sherman back to the South.

amywestervelt.bsky.social•112 days ago

This cowardly, oh no the Republicans said we're bad for the economy, whatever will we do? stance is so demoralizing and in general such a losing strategy. And yet I already see people being like "welp better not talk about climate or trans rights" that is NOT THE LESSON here, for crying out loud

amazonpissjugs.bsky.social•112 days ago

So many takes on corporate media today be like "the biggest take home lesson today is, well, leftism lost, so we better ditch the progressive wing altogether" 🫠

marialoventime.bsky.social•112 days ago

Are you thinking only of the times Progressives have won and not recall the times we’ve lost? Progressives usually win in the long run, but not every battle. May I suggest looking up Social or Political Cycle theory?

amywestervelt.bsky.social•112 days ago

(i know i know, the problem is billionaires and career Dems are as beholden to them as conservatives, we need a real left in the U.S.)

computermuse.bsky.social•112 days ago

The core problem here is that the rules of our constitution have made it impossible to revise. The rules have been exploited and can no longer be changed.
No person or party can solve this. If we want to still have a fair and decent country it must be divided and re-formed.

amywestervelt.bsky.social•112 days ago

Meanwhile the right has won so hard over the past 30 years or so that they have this massive apparatus that needs to keep bringing in billionaire bucks and is just casting about for new issues to get worked up about. Today it's "wokism" tomorrow who knows

freedomforall.net•112 days ago

I wrote this prior to seeing your thread Amy, and it seems pertinent to your words too. The left/progressive voices have failed to coalesce in ways that effectively challenge these fake narratives of reactionary rightwing billionaires and their stormtroopers.

maryanndimand.bsky.social•112 days ago

45 years.

We owe a lot of billionaires and their empowerment— and relative impoverishment of non-billionaires— to the Reagan administration and its pervasive undying spawn.

paul030009.bsky.social•112 days ago

Politically and socially you have 4 years. Hopefully we survive the #ClimateCrisis long enough. CLIMATE is broken. #ClimateBreakdown

welcome2absurdia.bsky.social•111 days ago

We need Big Money out of politics, but who am I kidding that it will ever happen in a country that worships business/capitalism/growth/profit.

lucasgerads.bsky.social•112 days ago

Maybe I got the wrong impression, but to me it seemed like there was barely any talk about the climate.

amywestervelt.bsky.social•112 days ago

No you’re right which makes this response even weirder

rds773.bsky.social•112 days ago

They keep thinking it’s the progressivism that’s the problem and not the failure to promote and defend one’s values with full-throated enthusiasm

(Pritzker gets this, as does Walz. We need more of that energy.)

pppatticake.bsky.social•112 days ago

Dems are a party of the right they aim to destroy progressives and their platforms

eroston.bsky.social•112 days ago

"No Child Left Behind" was ripped off just wholesale by the W. DoEd

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