It reminds me of the Cori Bush amendment to the Pelosi voter reform bill, where she tried to end felon disenfranchisement. Around 90 Dems voted for it. 120 Dems voted against it. All Republicans voted against it, just like they planned to vote against the Pelosi bill. This legislation will still probably just get strangled to death in the Senate.
At a certain point, are Cori Bush and the progressive caucus complicit in the function of the federal government? Sure. Should they be stonewalling everything until they get their way on landmark issues? Absolutely.
But do they have a real popular mandate necessary to win these reforms? No.
We did that referendum during the '20 Dem Primary, and the consensus was "We'd rather Joe Biden win and do nothing than send the white PMCs to Trump's camp with Bernie on the top of the ballot." MSNBC continues to rule the Dems' world in the same way FOX rules the GOP. Dems have a majority only because Capital has chosen to back a marginal number of conserva-Dems over Tea Party Republicans. This is how the agents of Capital discipline the House and Senate. This is not how progressives can affect change in public policy.
Dems are only complicit in so far as they provide electoralist leftists with hope for the future. They don't have any real power to set public policy. No more than Nader did in 2000. Or Humphrey did in 1968.
It reminds me of the Cori Bush amendment to the Pelosi voter reform bill, where she tried to end felon disenfranchisement. Around 90 Dems voted for it. 120 Dems voted against it. All Republicans voted against it, just like they planned to vote against the Pelosi bill. This legislation will still probably just get strangled to death in the Senate.
At a certain point, are Cori Bush and the progressive caucus complicit in the function of the federal government? Sure. Should they be stonewalling everything until they get their way on landmark issues? Absolutely.
But do they have a real popular mandate necessary to win these reforms? No.
We did that referendum during the '20 Dem Primary, and the consensus was "We'd rather Joe Biden win and do nothing than send the white PMCs to Trump's camp with Bernie on the top of the ballot." MSNBC continues to rule the Dems' world in the same way FOX rules the GOP. Dems have a majority only because Capital has chosen to back a marginal number of conserva-Dems over Tea Party Republicans. This is how the agents of Capital discipline the House and Senate. This is not how progressives can affect change in public policy.
Dems are only complicit in so far as they provide electoralist leftists with hope for the future. They don't have any real power to set public policy. No more than Nader did in 2000. Or Humphrey did in 1968.