If past progressives had put “pragmatism first” there would never have been abolition, women’s suffrage, unions, child labor laws or civil rights legislation. Putting pragmatism first creates a pattern of chronic failure under the guise of making a sophisticated effort to succeed

Jul 29, 2021 · 2:24 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Never was even "pragmatic". It's only pragmatic if their goal is absolutely no progress and doing everything the way the GOP wants. Personally I don't know how anyone thinks of the Democratic Party as anything but half of the scam mercilessly crushing the majority of this nation.
Replying to @marwilliamson @OzbatRisa
As someone else wrote elsewhere: Our Incrementalism. What a joke. Why even bother? They should just officially join the corporate damn Dems and stop pretending.
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When education, health and survival are too choice to waste on the riffraff
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I don't think the "left" ... "Dems" want to succeed... Otherwise, we would have seen bold action and bold bills put forth. What we see instead are charades.
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Spin words to keep the same ball rolling for all eternity. Wanting sincere change for the better, doesn't have to wobble on issues
Replying to @marwilliamson @PensiveTM
“Pragmatics” are not progressive.
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Marianne add me on Xbox
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enlightened centrists will kill us all
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Damn right, Marianne.
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Maybe they mean the radical philosophical pragmatism of anti-War campaigners and education reformers like John Dewey, or anti-racist activists like Cornell West? Sadly, I don’t think that’s what they mean.
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