The current DNC is filled with people good at compromising the party’s platform in exchange for donations, but none of them actually know how to use it to get votes
It’s not that they’re bad at it. It’s just that they’re serving two masters. One master provides the lions share of their funding and war chest. The other master provides the votes to get them elected. And both have different priorities. Which is why you get the discrepancy.
If they abandon the first master. They wouldn’t have the staffing and funds to message the uneducated disengaged population to get their votes. If they abandon their second master. They might not get elected, but they’ll still have jobs.
Some might say that’s bullshit. That Democrats having been raking in record amounts from small donations every presidential election. These are people clinging to a thread but who’ve lost the plot.
The terrifying truth is that fascists dump multiples of that every 4 year splurge. Each year. Does it justify Democrats seeming mismanagement. Hell no. But it is short sighted to crucify them over it.
If we want them to stop. To even improve. We need to figure out a way to provide the organization, funds, and resources to replace the money they’re getting from the wealthy. We used to do that through the labor unions. We don’t anymore and there’s a very good lesson to learn as to why we don’t.
The labor unions miscalculated their importance and influence. Much like third-party voters do today. Largely withholding support from the Democratic presidential candidate. Because they didn’t feel that he had accomplished enough for them. They allowed a fascist to win the presidency in an overwhelming landslide. Combined with the other houses of congress. The first thing the fascist did was to get and cripple labor and Union power. Even to this very day. They can’t provide the funding and the resources the democratic party used to rely on. And that’s why the Democratic party does even less for them today than they used to.
All we have to do to get the parties rhetoric and behavior to align. Is to make oligarch money unnecessary and unattractive. And in the meantime as the saying goes. Hate the game but not the player. In order to get the system changed they have to play the game.
It’s not that they’re bad at it. It’s just that they’re serving two masters. One master provides the lions share of their funding and war chest. The other master provides the votes to get them elected. And both have different priorities. Which is why you get the discrepancy.
If they abandon the first master. They wouldn’t have the staffing and funds to message the uneducated disengaged population to get their votes. If they abandon their second master. They might not get elected, but they’ll still have jobs.
Some might say that’s bullshit. That Democrats having been raking in record amounts from small donations every presidential election. These are people clinging to a thread but who’ve lost the plot.
The terrifying truth is that fascists dump multiples of that every 4 year splurge. Each year. Does it justify Democrats seeming mismanagement. Hell no. But it is short sighted to crucify them over it.
If we want them to stop. To even improve. We need to figure out a way to provide the organization, funds, and resources to replace the money they’re getting from the wealthy. We used to do that through the labor unions. We don’t anymore and there’s a very good lesson to learn as to why we don’t.
The labor unions miscalculated their importance and influence. Much like third-party voters do today. Largely withholding support from the Democratic presidential candidate. Because they didn’t feel that he had accomplished enough for them. They allowed a fascist to win the presidency in an overwhelming landslide. Combined with the other houses of congress. The first thing the fascist did was to get and cripple labor and Union power. Even to this very day. They can’t provide the funding and the resources the democratic party used to rely on. And that’s why the Democratic party does even less for them today than they used to.
All we have to do to get the parties rhetoric and behavior to align. Is to make oligarch money unnecessary and unattractive. And in the meantime as the saying goes. Hate the game but not the player. In order to get the system changed they have to play the game.