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I guess i'm weak today -- i dont like to see it especially when I feel that we have a chance to fix it - maybe if we do it within the next 10 years after which, has-been status is coming and i don't give a shit just how great our tech companies are.Gaming out the future is not “weakness”. Your concerns are valid.
I’ve been really ruminating about next steps for anyone who wants to truly effect the sort of change we will need.
Here’s one avenue- wresting control of Democratic Party from corporate interests- AT THE LOCAL PRECINCT level.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/this-...The idea isn’t novel by any stretch. This was precisely Ralph Reed’s strategy in the 1990s, as well as the Tea Party’s strategy in the late 2000 aughts- before they were coopted by corporate interests.
A strategy fraught with danger, but holding the key to true, effective change- wresting control of the Democratic Party away from corporate, milquetoast control…… at the local level.
Only then can a national Democratic Party begin to speak with authority about its agenda for America, because it will be based upon what a significant portion of “We the People” say is THEIR agenda.
The Tea Party- a great example of the right strategy, but also a great example of the danger of corporate capture.
Following the strategy while avoiding the danger. That’s the task. It might even be an impossible task, but from where I’m standing, it seems to be the only way forward.
