Here's what's happening right now:
Warren's heel turn on Medicare-for-All is dragging some people out of the movement for M4A. They're now arguing that a public option is a sensible compromise. We're not even out of the primaries, and we're compromising with the right.
Warren's heel turn on Medicare-for-All is dragging some people out of the movement for M4A. They're now arguing that a public option is a sensible compromise. We're not even out of the primaries, and we're compromising with the right.
They are trotting out people's heroes to tell them that they shouldn't fight for change. Whether that's Obama telling us not to be #TooFarLeft , or Warren not committing to primarying Dems opposing M4A, or even Jayapal or Barkan continuing to push Warren's candidacy as pro-M4A.
Why is this happening?
Because we, the progressive left, represent the greatest threat to the oligarchs across every major industry that controls this country. And they know private insurance is just the first step. Next up, energy companies, fossil fuels, banks, etc etc.
Because we, the progressive left, represent the greatest threat to the oligarchs across every major industry that controls this country. And they know private insurance is just the first step. Next up, energy companies, fossil fuels, banks, etc etc.
So .. we see a primary where every possible candidate runs, appealing to every possible demographic on the most base of rationales .. all to dilute any potential for a progressive movement to form.
And we're told to keep quiet and remain "united."
And we're told to keep quiet and remain "united."
But if we keep quiet... if we "shut the fuck up" as Shaun King just told us to do explicitly; as Rep. Jayapal implies we should do ... then we will lose.
We will get more incrementalism, the entrenched powers will become ever more entrenched, and nothing will change.
We will get more incrementalism, the entrenched powers will become ever more entrenched, and nothing will change.
This is why we must rally around the progressive movement that exists today.
There is no guarantee that in "3-4 years" such a movement will exist, and no means-tested welfare program like a public option should keep us at bay.
Listen to NO ONE that tells you to STFU.
There is no guarantee that in "3-4 years" such a movement will exist, and no means-tested welfare program like a public option should keep us at bay.
Listen to NO ONE that tells you to STFU.
We should be a movement that has no "heroes" only our ideology and principle.
No one person is above the movement. Not Obama, not Jayapal, not Barkan, and not even Bernie.
We fight for what's right, for human rights, and for our dignity; not for personalities.
No one person is above the movement. Not Obama, not Jayapal, not Barkan, and not even Bernie.
We fight for what's right, for human rights, and for our dignity; not for personalities.
