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Hakeem Jeffries criticizing Mamdani and not Fetterman is all you need to know about the character and the loyalties of the entire party (lemmy.world)
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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I love how entitled these corrupt motherfuckers feel, as if they're owed our votes. They really, really wish they could throw Mamdani and friends behind bars like they did Eugene Debs or outright delete them like they did Huey Long.

It's their decision to make the rich this obscenely wealthy, to the detriment of all the rest of us, that has made the election of socialist candidates possible, and Mamdani's decision to lower the ladder behind him and help other socialists up has the potential to create some measure of meaningful change nationally.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Hakeem Jeffries is criticising members of what is functionally another party. The DSA is an insurgency whose members use the label of the Democratic Party only because the United States has a broken electoral system that forces them to. They don't listen to the leaders of the Democratic Party, they're only here to use the resources that the nameplate can unlock. They nominate their own candidates, talk against the Democratic leadership, and time and time again, trounce Democratic nominees in elections in the areas where they are strong. The DSA is a party within the party, and Jeffries is utterly wasting his time crying about this.

The DSA being treated as an unruly faction of a party he supposedly leads is laughable. The age of moderates is over. Those who remain in office next year should look to the DSA members who occupy the benches as a coalition partner; an equal political force, not a subordinate.

[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 hours ago

I wouldn't argue that.

The candidates participate in a closed primary, it's about what the voters and members of the party want, not the bigwigs. The DNC elites are undemocratic, as if their own voters shouldn't have a say in their policies.

[–] Fribbizz@feddit.org 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The American use of the word "moderate" irks me anyway. An American "moderate" Democrat passes as a non-rabid conservative elsewhere. The Overton-Window has been shifted to the right to an extent that's not funny anymore.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Moderate means someone between the Democrats and Republicans. So, a very right leaning fence sitter, rather than an actual demographic. Meanwhile, the American population actually sits center left on preferred policy positions.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

getting rid of Hoggs was the first red sign.

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

David Hogg for anyone not aware. See DNC Vice Chair section.

Short answer is the young DNC vice chair who lived through the a school shooting wanted to soberly look at the state of the DNC and was kicked out of some BS technicality.

After seeing a serious lack of vision from Democratic leaders, too many of them asleep at the wheel, and Democrats dying in office that have helped to hand Republicans an expanded majority, it became clear that Leaders We Deserve had to start primarying incumbents and directly challenging the culture of seniority politics that brought our party to this place to help get our party into fighting shape again.

Full letter here. I am leaving out good stuff.

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

it would be cool if we could make ranked choice voting the standard nationally. then we could have other parties and the democrats could finally shrink to the tiny minority they actually represent.

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 1 points 13 hours ago

RCV is just one of many alternative voting systems but it has alot of warts. I think there are better options that should be explored

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=O-dzK3YIAf8

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 8 points 17 hours ago

Fortunately, most of us really don't give a f*** what Hakeem thinks.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 17 points 20 hours ago

"Blue no matter who" should switch to "follow the money".

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

Not a fan of Hakeem.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 19 hours ago

too bad hes running unopposed in his district.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 20 hours ago

Controlled opposition