They hate the term and they are probably typical so shit dems will simply start to call themselves something else. "Progressive" might be a bridge too far. Maybe they'll use some consultant speak crap like "forward-thinking".

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The median American is provably more progressive than the Dems are, so I think there's some real substance to it even if we both might disagree on the use of the label to some extent as well.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I think the average American is more to the left of the dems. But - I'm not being facetious - I don't think that actually matters. The dem voter circle of life is that they'll vote for whoever says the right things who the teevee approves of for saying the right things. Actual reality won't matter. It never does.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

In terms of guessing how a completely normal election goes, I agree, but we shouldn't discount that basically the entire Democrat platform is "there is no alternative" and "a vote not for us is a vote for Trump" and so on. I think they really do want better things that the Dems opposed, but they have learned helplessness about it, and it's our job as socialists to seize on the former and beat back the latter, which is a much more favorable position than if the general population was as far to the right as Dems pretend it is, even if it's still bleak.

[–] ThermonuclearHoxha@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

What about "third way?" i-am-adolf-hitler lathe-of-heaven

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Clintonian Third Way will save us hillgasm