1/ There was a time when the Left didn’t have to fight for power so much within the Democratic Party; it wasn’t treated like a political stepchild the way it is now.
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2/ According to @mtaibbi the establishment chooses every four years who they will promote four years hence; clearly Kamala, Pete and Amy are the Democratic chosen ones.
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3/ The new book “Lucky” displays how the Democratic establishment did more to choose the candidate than to pave the way for real democracy in its primary season.
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4/ They never got over McGovern. To them that was the problem, and they were never going to let it happen again. Serving the “will of the people” is like a quaint saying to them; it means very little in operational terms.
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5/ Having been there myself, I can tell you the Democratic presidential primary is a multibillion dollar piece of performance art. It is a piece of kabuki theatre, written and directed by those who don’t appear on the stage while the play is going on.

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6/ How will this play out over the next 4 years? If they continue to suppress progressives in congressional as well as prez primaries, & another establishment darling is raised up by the political-media industrial complex in 4 yrs, there will be no more empowered Left in America.
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7/ In that case, the corporate duopoly will have taken the America government hostage in a way that will be difficult to change for at least another generation, if ever. I don’t know what the answer is but I know the question should be alive in our hearts and minds.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
The best description of seen of this phenomenon is "Kayfabe" in pro wrestling. The entire work depends on showmanship, and the people in the audience not realizing what's going on behind the curtain.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Please write about your experience in more detail, M. It would enlighten a lot of people about the process.
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