@drvox It’s a different understanding of power. One believe instituions must be changed from the top, from the inside. The other believes institutions are often impediments and must be remade, dismantled and resembled in order to do the will of the people. Each had its strengths.
@drvox The ACA is a great example of the first understanding of power working very well. Obama didn’t get everything he wanted but he insured 22 million. Those to the left of him wanted to walk away over the loss of the public option. This would have killed the whole thing.
@drvox The civil rights movement, the marriage equality movement, the protests against the Vietnam war, are all examples of power wielded outside institutions meant to remake them to do the will of the people they are supposed to serve.
@drvox The fear with Bernie is that he won’t know when to compromise in a system built on compromise. The fear with someone like Biden is that he’ll compromise too much too soon and fail to see the crisis facing our institutions.
@drvox This is why Warren would, imo, make the best President.
She not only recognizes the crises, she’s proactively built NEW institutions to do the work of the people and has a wise, canny understanding of where institutional power fails and where it excels.
She not only recognizes the crises, she’s proactively built NEW institutions to do the work of the people and has a wise, canny understanding of where institutional power fails and where it excels.
