I'm well-aware of, and often discuss, the difference between "liberals" and "the left." I'm also well-aware of their convergences: far greater than ever after they organized around AOC and Bernie, who went from Revolution Against Both Parties! (2016) to All In With Dems! (2020).
https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson/status/1475885987981111296
Thus, the bulk of left media is about corralling disgruntled leftists into Party captivity. As long as they do, funding and profit pours in. They're key to DNC success. #Resistance liberals don't need cajoling to vote Dem. Pseudo-radicals do, and that's what left media is for.
That this Vote-Dem-Always! wing of left media -- the dominant branch -- bashes Dems on the way to loyally voting for them is what makes them so valuable. That's their vital role: they let leftists feel edgier than their Pelosi-loving moms who drive them to vote together for Dems.
The left-ish media outlets that bash Dems while staying loyal to the Party are awash in millionaire and billionaire funding: Democracy Now, Intercept, Mother Jones. Their YouTube & Twitch stars stay on Google & Amazon platforms and get rich. Their NGOs drown in oligarch funding.
That's why campaigns by censor-happy groups like Media Matters and Sleeping Giants work against right-wing outlets: it's easy to scare corporations away from anything vaguely MAGA. But it doesn't work against left outlets/groups: as long as they stay attached to the Dem Party.
For anyone upset with or confused by the points of the above tweets:
Start with asking why Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema wield so much influence and power in DC, while everyone laughed at Pramila Jayapal & the Progressive Caucas' empty vow that they'd never fall into line.👇
Start with asking why Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema wield so much influence and power in DC, while everyone laughed at Pramila Jayapal & the Progressive Caucas' empty vow that they'd never fall into line.👇
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