It’s not liberation until it’s for everyone. But we won’t get there in one legislative fight, or even one legislative session, once and for all. It will always need to be fought for.
Conservatives won’t turn down a smaller victory for one that’s out of reach. That’s why they’re winning.
I agree with that but it won’t be a single victory that gets everyone what we need.
We have two different problems. The democratic party as everyone knows, is a feckless bunch. So it must be turned into a viable party once again. But we can’t rehabilitate it and kneecap it at the same time. They also have to win (and then cycle/replace candidates that aren’t with the program.)
The Tea Party did it to Republicans. We have to do it for Democrats… It would also be great to erode resistance to ranked choice voting.
It’s a tall order. We should have been doing it twenty or thirty years ago.
“Ending” slavery, suffrage, the New Deal, income tax, * gay rights… They were all steps to the left.
I’m not arguing that the democratic party as it stands is the vehicle to institute a just and fair society. But I did watch the Tea Party subvert and consume the republicans. It can be done to the democratic party as well. It has to be in tandem with regular wins, like how the conservatives did it.
*I can’t believe I left out Roe v Wade
Winning an election is step one. Policies that benefit everyone (except maybe the very top) is next. Then win the next election and pull the country left. Then rinse and repeat. We didn’t get here overnight.
I get it, but conservatism has taken over by ratcheting the country to the right. They’ve been patiently putting people in positions of power from dog catcher up to the presidency for the last forty years.
Progressives aren’t satisfied with ratcheting the country to the left. It’s all or nothing.
This looks like a childish attempt to distract from the problems caused by billionaires
That’s orthogonal to left / right.
The police and military exist whether you believe in them or not
Syncthing
If you can get bankrupted by an illness, you’re not rich.
That we can’t afford to use because we don’t have a safety net.
My net worth is probably just under half a million but I’ll be working until I’m over 70 if I want to be able to pass anything useful down to my kids.
I have one with special needs that likely won’t be able to work, much less manage a portfolio.Without my help he could be homeless soon after I pass.
My upper middle class family in Houston drinks it all the time. Yes they’re all die hard conservatives.
Do you simply have no answer, or are you withholding them so you can feel smug?
How good is deepseek OCR? I’ve heard AI does a lot better than the older methods. Is it difficult to use?