• Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Democracy involved compromise, unless you just wanted to be defeated in detail in the political arena. You may wish that boomers and their views didn’t exist, but for as long as they do, they are a reality that needs to be faced.

    If you just ignore them and push them towards the repub candidates, then it isn’t progressives that win, but republicans. Who can then do away with democracy at some point and secure their position despite dwindling demographics, in classic Realpolitik fashion.

    Gramps may not get all the nuances of the modern world, I doubt any 80+ yr old does, regardless of how good their briefings are. But he does understand why moderates are important. And he’s good at diplomacy in general.

    Yes the system sucks. This is not news to anyone already past their teenage years. It’s what we got though, and to reform it, you need progressive politicians, which will need moderates in order to win vs entrenched repubs. Reality is a bitch, and it doesn’t treat purity very well.

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      Hate to tell y’all this but there are large groups of Millennials that share the same views as the boomers everyone whines about.
      The reason the Republicans have been in charge isn’t because of any large chunk of the populace supporting them, it is because a very significant chunk does not Vote.

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          11 months ago

          gerrymandering is a means to manage those that Vote and moves the Electorate a tiny fraction which only works because so few Vote.

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        Hate to tell y’all this but there are large groups of Millennials that share the same views as the boomers everyone whines about.

        Hate to tell you this, the party’s singular contempt for younger voters has caused them to look elsewhere.

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          11 months ago

          enjoy coup2. I’m sure you’ll get along great with the Fascists being so pure and superior.

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            11 months ago

            I’m describing the results of the party not taking younger voters seriously.

            As always, you’re pulling the “everyone to my left is all the way to my right” shit that centrists pull whenever someone points out that their messaging is garbage.

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      11 months ago

      Democracy involved compromise

      When was the last time centrists compromised with anyone to their left? All I see is centrists collaborating with the right.

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        This right here. The DNC always fights hard against the left and when negotiating with the fascists, they start from a barely acceptable compromise (at best) and give tons of concessions from there.

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          And then demand praise from progressives for the “compromise” that is capitulation in all but name.

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            Absolutely. Their (DNC leadership) policy objectives might be a lot better (in theory, if not always in practice) than those of the fascists, but they’re lying corporately owned demagogues most of the time all the same.

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      Older generations have a role in it but let’s not forget one thing, a whole lot of people much younger than the boomer generation also support the right, the boomers present at the Capitol on January 6th 2021 were the politicians, not the terrorists. The 18-35 y.o. crowd is extremely politically divided, probably more than any of the previous generations currently living.

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        This is why we have to meet each other, not as public faces talking to audiences, but where people are, where they go to talk about these things when they’re in the mood. As people just like them, maybe even that know how they feel and can still listen. It’s not like their foundational complaints aren’t legitimate.

        Places like right here. Or better yet, the structure of the Fediverse as a whole, in a more systemic way. But that’s long term goals, that won’t be ready in time.

        We have a real outside enemy now, though. Few of em. They’ve just been pursuing a divide-and-conquer strategy on us, and even began to see results. There’s not a whole lot of counters to that strategy, it’s one of the most tested and effective in all of history. There’s a few though.