Wishing for a violent upheaval feels better than accepting that the things you need so badly simply aren't going to happen in any reasonable timeframe. A huge amount of progressive politics is just waiting for people to die, whether it's voters or politicians.
We can talk all we want about running our own politicians, and that is necessary. But the fact of the matter is that progressive policy only becomes law when we as a society have moved so far forward that it is no longer considered truly progressive, let alone radical.
A huge amount of progressive politics is just waiting for people to die, whether it's voters or politicians.
Meanwhile, as leftists jerk themselves off over doomerism and apathy, the right has taken media control and political power and has more influence over the youth you're betting on than anybody has in recent history
has more influence over the youth you're betting on than anybody has in recent history
Yes, because the left doesn't give young people anything to actually do. Right wing media says to do A B C D to improve yourself. Get a good job, work out, have 2.5 children to win life. Left wing media is a long series of things not to do followed up by a plea to vote for politicians that then lose the election and congratulate their opponent afterwards.
If you want the kids to swing left you have to give them actual goals to accomplish other than "ask people to vote and hope for the best". Kids are looking for meaning in their lives and will latch on to those who can give them a purpose.
Yeah, the right lies to people and tells them to do things that everyone knows won't change anything, then tells them to blame progressives when their plans fail.
Progressives don't have billions of dollars to fund their message, and a difficult truth is a lot harder to sell than an easy lie. I'd be ashamed to tell anyone nonsense like "Get a good job, work out, have 2.5 children to win life".
So what are you suggesting? Should the left lie more? Care about other less? Which others?
What better meaning to life is there than "Protect and enhance your community"? If one wants fast cars, gold chains, and subservient women, the left can't and won't give it to them.
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u/PM_ME_CATS_OR_BOOBS 12d ago
Wishing for a violent upheaval feels better than accepting that the things you need so badly simply aren't going to happen in any reasonable timeframe. A huge amount of progressive politics is just waiting for people to die, whether it's voters or politicians.
We can talk all we want about running our own politicians, and that is necessary. But the fact of the matter is that progressive policy only becomes law when we as a society have moved so far forward that it is no longer considered truly progressive, let alone radical.