There is a fundamental strategy question of whether the democratic party can be steered toward progressive values or whether a third party strategy is viable - Thom has been for some time on the side of taking over the democratic party and that constitutional changes are need for third parties to succeed, which I am not sure I completely…
There is a fundamental strategy question of whether the democratic party can be steered toward progressive values or whether a third party strategy is viable - Thom has been for some time on the side of taking over the democratic party and that constitutional changes are need for third parties to succeed, which I am not sure I completely agree with.
Perhaps before any of that is the issue of whether any president with progressive values could even function in the given political and media environment. It seems to me that any democrat or third party must build out some kind of independent media platform to have any chance at all at accomplishing a progressive agenda, and although not emphasized in media coverage, people surely need some better measure of holding corporations directly accountable through organized boycotts, ESG investing, etc.
There is a fundamental strategy question of whether the democratic party can be steered toward progressive values or whether a third party strategy is viable - Thom has been for some time on the side of taking over the democratic party and that constitutional changes are need for third parties to succeed, which I am not sure I completely agree with.
Perhaps before any of that is the issue of whether any president with progressive values could even function in the given political and media environment. It seems to me that any democrat or third party must build out some kind of independent media platform to have any chance at all at accomplishing a progressive agenda, and although not emphasized in media coverage, people surely need some better measure of holding corporations directly accountable through organized boycotts, ESG investing, etc.