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.

Mar 11, 2021 · 4:31 PM UTC

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Perhaps if we have the right wish in our hearts ... miricles will happen!
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Take their money away. End the paradigm of the rich ruling over the poor. If that concept is not dismantled, the rich through their corporations will destroy the planet.
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It sure feels like we are already there. A party that is willing to stand up to globalists and endless wars is going to have to coalesce somehow. The working class side of the GOP has that party far more primed for take-over than the DNC run Dems
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I love your values for love and justice. I don't understand how you can't see that this has already happened. Now we must decide what all of us will do about it, rather than infighting on Twitter over whose a "real progressive" as too many do, we need a focus on building power.
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1 partial answer: Organize globally, but especially in partnership with Latin America. That will magnify the power the people have. And US corporate influence is not just a US problem at all. And people like @LulaOficial are an invaluable knowledge and experience resource.
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We’re adults. We can handle it. But not unless we’re willing to face what’s true.
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