I was interested in this because, to my mind, this is what Pete Buttigieg has been talking about all over the country for more than a year. While I like him, I didn't know whether or not the actual content of what he was saying was getting through in this fractured media environment, especially given his extremely calm manner. So I was pleased to see that it did show up in your "Anti-system voters rate lefty Democrats above rest," with him in third: the chart with that title lists Mamdani at 24, AOC at 23, Pete at 21, Sanders at 21, and so on.
"threatens establishment Democrats as much as billionaires and corporations."
As if there were any significant difference between these two groups. And as if the problem were a lack of problem solving solutions and not really solutions acceptable to the oligarchy fully funding the current assault and establishment Dems.
The problem is that DSA candidates don’t have any idea how to actually accomplish these disruptive changes. They are hoping for a blue MAGA authoritarian moment where they do whatever they want. But in reality they will have to deal with a divided country where it is really hard to build anything in politics
"threatens establishment Democrats as much as billionaires and corporations. It’s the playbook of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" - they are not a threat to billionaires or corporations - just look at how successful those 2 have been at blowing up the system.
But they are a threat to democrats: in elections they could push more voters toward republicans or their own voters might not vote if they aren't in the general election; if they win they have to know when and how to negotiate with other democrats (and republicans too). Their big ideas won't sell themselves.
I was interested in this because, to my mind, this is what Pete Buttigieg has been talking about all over the country for more than a year. While I like him, I didn't know whether or not the actual content of what he was saying was getting through in this fractured media environment, especially given his extremely calm manner. So I was pleased to see that it did show up in your "Anti-system voters rate lefty Democrats above rest," with him in third: the chart with that title lists Mamdani at 24, AOC at 23, Pete at 21, Sanders at 21, and so on.
"threatens establishment Democrats as much as billionaires and corporations."
As if there were any significant difference between these two groups. And as if the problem were a lack of problem solving solutions and not really solutions acceptable to the oligarchy fully funding the current assault and establishment Dems.
The problem is that DSA candidates don’t have any idea how to actually accomplish these disruptive changes. They are hoping for a blue MAGA authoritarian moment where they do whatever they want. But in reality they will have to deal with a divided country where it is really hard to build anything in politics
"threatens establishment Democrats as much as billionaires and corporations. It’s the playbook of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" - they are not a threat to billionaires or corporations - just look at how successful those 2 have been at blowing up the system.
But they are a threat to democrats: in elections they could push more voters toward republicans or their own voters might not vote if they aren't in the general election; if they win they have to know when and how to negotiate with other democrats (and republicans too). Their big ideas won't sell themselves.