Like what are the practical steps to take? Stuff like universal healthcare isn’t even a controversial policy. How do we form a voting bloc around that?
Support ranked choice voting initiatives at a local level, then state level, then national level. This bottom-up approach is quite practical, though it takes some time to complete.
payers of the money that funds the US elections and props up the two-party sham would never allow universal healthcare
most we would get is some lip service because it is all a stroke job
Ranked choice balloting in all 50 states.
Proportional Electoral College voting in all 50 states.We need folks <55 to show up for every single election to get progressives elected into local, state and national positions.
2016 is when the youth vote started reliably turning up for presidential elections. That’s great but it’s not enough to drive policy change, we need young folks participating in primaries (which they tend to sit out,) congressional elections, state elections, county elections and local elections to build real political power
>55 still outnumber <35 by anywhere between 2:1 and 8:1 in almost every election except the presidential race. Until that changes progressive candidates don’t have a chance at local, state and national positions that act as the springboard to higher office and progressive stances aren’t a day to day political priority.
TL;DR: The <55 vote needs to turn out in force for every election every year (plus primaries!) and vote for progressives that represent their interests. Until that happens politics will remain dominated by neoliberal and conservative homeowners who show up reliably every time.
It’s as simple and difficult as finding common ground with many of the various groups on the left. I think there IS a cause that we can all agree on - wealth inequality because it’s the cause and/or symptom of most of the other problems we champion - and we need to unite behind that so we can be an electoral force. There are enough of us if we voted together.
Write fanfiction about it.
Our current election is a TV host turned wannabe dictator vs a fuckin’ cop.
Good things don’t happen here.
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Conditions have to arise that necessitates a more progressive administration. Something like a major economic depression.
Stuff like universal healthcare isn’t even a controversial policy.
The poll found that Americans initially support “Medicare-for-all,” 56 percent to 42 percent… But if they were told that a government-run system could lead to delays in getting care or higher taxes, support plunged to 26 percent and 37 percent, respectively.
“The issue that will really be fundamental would be the tax issue,” said Robert Blendon, a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who reviewed the poll. He pointed out that state single-payer efforts in Vermont and Colorado failed because of concerns about the tax increases needed to put them in place.
There doesn’t seem to be much disagreement that a single-payer system would require tax increases, since the government would take over premiums now paid by employers and individuals as it replaces the private health insurance industry.
We need to stop calling them tax increases, but find a better way to talk about moving who you pay medical premiums to. For a sufficiently progressive plan, perhaps most people can pay less
I think most people would pay less. But opponents of universal health care would frame the payment as a tax (especially if it depends on income), and this could definitely erode support.
This is not a trivial problem, and I think it’s why Democrats are hesitating to jump on board a supposedly “uncontroversial” policy.
literally kill everyone else or give up. the goodguy shit has all been tried and failed.
Stop voting for the duopoly and show them they can only win votes by implementing these policies.
Imagine a third party receiving 10% of the votes. You can bet both democrats and republicans will suddenly start pandering to those voters. Trump is not on stage in Michigan with Arabs because he loves them. He really wants those last few voters.
It is by putting your vote on public display outside of the duopoly that you can start to make demands.
