cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22077561

“I’m not interested in anyone who is moving further away from the center,” said Cindy Bass, a Pennsylvania committee member from Philadelphia. “The center is where we have to be.”

They’re not going to change a thing unless people make them.

Find your local state delegate and personally tell them how you feel a centrist is only going to guarantee another Republican victory. They are listed here: https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Committee

Bernie Sanders is working behind the scenes to get a progressive in there but he can’t do it alone.

    • laverabe@lemmy.worldOP
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      13 hours ago

      That’s not a constructive approach. Doing nothing just means Republicans completely disasemble what remains of democracy in the US.

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        The DNC during their campaign to save democracy refused to compromise with their base on genocide.

        To reiterate, genocide.

        And after they lost, they threw trans people and the left under the bus.

        So what makes you all think they’re going to change their stance on anything now? They’re already screaming that the DNC was too far left during this campaign, this campaign, where they unapologetically and unconditionally showed support to a fascist and his genocide.

        They had Republican after Republican parade across their convention stage, but had zero Palestinian Democrats come speak despite requests from the Uncommitted Protest movement.

        What’s that thing all of Lemmy is always saying, “When people show you who they are, believe them?” They’re showing you who they are and who they want to be, so believe them. There’s no saving the DNC, it’s just a slow march to fascism under them versus the speed run with the Republicans.

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        We need a new party that isn’t the Green Party. The Progressive party. Anyone left of center.

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          Why not just orchestrate a takeover of the Green Party? Then extract concessions from Democrats in exchange for not running.

          Of course, this would mean that Democrats care about winning instead of donations.

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          If you do that, you will just split the vote, giving Republicans another win. I’m not sure if your democracy will survive thus term, but another… forget it.

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            7 hours ago

            If Democrats are so damned serious about making sure Republicans don’t win, THEY can stay out of the race.