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Democrats should have listened to Bernie Sanders, historians say
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The workers of America need to abandon the Democrat party and establish a unified left wing party (a good name would be "American workers party", yes I know that existed before). A few basic details of this party should include:
I wish you the very best of luck. The main issues you'll have will be, in order: funding, funding and funding.
Anyone being serious about this will have to spend most of their time thinking about that. Its why they always, eventually, end up being g captured by the powers that be. But they can do a lot of good before then, in the right circumstances.
One solution is through part of the party being a sort of union of trade unions. Unions have money, similar values and members who would potentially join. Membership subs would be another. They can do an awful lot of good but unions can also come with their own long list of problems you'll have to keep your eye on.
Whatever name you choose, check out the formation of political labour movements, as a kind of road map to building what you want. An example would be the labour party in the UK or NZ. It'll have to be done your way and for an American electorate of course but im sure you won't need any inspiration from me or any other country for that part.
Check out the working class party that started in michigan in 2016.
I guess we'll just have to put up with a couple of months of this fantasizing bullshit, before people realize just how much the paradigm is going to shift... We aren't going to be talking about organizing parties, because it will be moot.
Any real opposition will be removed (imprisoned and/or executed), and anything that remains will be purely for show.
Well, that would be a good way to guarantee republican dominance, yes.
The workers of America will listen to reason if the left has someone strong enough to rally the workers behind them
You underestimate how sensitive the working class is to anything involving removal of capitalism. The red scare never really ended.
Workers are scared of the terminology but not the ideology, if someone who's powerful and charismatic enough is able to clearly explain left wing values the workers will follow along. Workers may be scared but they're also easily convinced.
Wow, there are people who actually believe that in real life? Huh. Good luck with your glorious revolution
Yes leftists exist, not everyone is a liberal
I consider myself a leftist (though I'm sure I don't pass the purity tests of many on here), but I'm not deluded enough to believe what you said.
I'm literally in a union position, and I work with college educated people who support Trump.
The purity test here is simple, do you belive in private property (capitalism)?
Conventional Democratic Party "wisdom" just accomplished that.