Democratic Unity is Overrated

[Deblano]

Wow, it's almost like I care more about my political values being represented than making sure the guy from "my team" gets elected.

Exactly

It's sad to see politics devolve into a full fledge spectator sport where all people care about is their team winning and nothing else. I think this might be a big contributor to hyperpolarisation.

I frankly don't care if my congressman, my governor, or the President is of the opposite party. I don't owe the Democratic Party anything, and if the party doesn't share my values and political ideals then I will gladly leave it. If the progressives are booted out in favor of DLC technocrats, then it's clear that the Democratic Party isn't for me anymore.

To be quite honest, the Democratic Party has devolved into a bitter mess between stale, smug neoliberals and agitated, "do something right this second" populists.

It reminds me of the GOP circa. 2009, and I don't very much find them appealing as an Independent. I will vote for the occasional Democrat (such as in 2020 very likely), but I don't expect to see myself switching to being a Democrat anytime soon.

[Deblano]

Sanders isn't "far-left" and the "centrist" relics aren't "mainstream" anymore if intra-party polls are to be believed.

The last primary debunked your point. No matter how much Bernie Bros proclaimed as the future of the party, key constituents such as woman of color are always going to determine the policies through their powerful voices. Right now the base is being attacked by the bros and I think the only solution that should've been Tom Perez position to begin with, was to never pandered to a bunch of racist, sexist upper-class white guys who will be voting Republican in ten years. If we had followed that advice we would've been in better shape regarding our current division that was caused by the sh**tstorm by Bernard and his gang of deplorables. No matter what comes out of these fraud polls,  the base will backdrop any attempts to allow the far-left opposition into our party.

Your shtick is tired. You're hitting too many buzzwords and it makes the whole trolling attempt too obvious.

It's secretly Peter Daou behind a Vermont keyboard.