It would make sense if it were possible. It isn’t. The entire structure of the party as an organization is designed to ensure that no grassroots movement can ever wrest power away from the powerful.
But I encourage you to try your best. 10 years of busting my ass and becoming a paid campaign staffer was what finally made me see the light. The Third Way Foundation controls access to every single meaningful lever of power. Elected Dems like AOC and Bernie are tolerated because they help keep leftists hopeful, which keeps them voting Blue, which keeps them from ever genuinely organizing to become a threat to the Neoliberal agenda the Dems exist to defend. Their policy proposals are punchlines to the people who actually control the legislative agenda. They will only ever be brought up for an vote occasionally when the deck is stacked solidly against them to “prove” how they’re guaranteed losing moves, despite the fact that Medicare for All polls much better than any politician that opposed it.
It would make sense if it were possible. It isn’t. The entire structure of the party as an organization is designed to ensure that no grassroots movement can ever wrest power away from the powerful.
But I encourage you to try your best. 10 years of busting my ass and becoming a paid campaign staffer was what finally made me see the light. The Third Way Foundation controls access to every single meaningful lever of power. Elected Dems like AOC and Bernie are tolerated because they help keep leftists hopeful, which keeps them voting Blue, which keeps them from ever genuinely organizing to become a threat to the Neoliberal agenda the Dems exist to defend. Their policy proposals are punchlines to the people who actually control the legislative agenda. They will only ever be brought up for an vote occasionally when the deck is stacked solidly against them to “prove” how they’re guaranteed losing moves, despite the fact that Medicare for All polls much better than any politician that opposed it.
It’s possible at a state level. Jessie Ventura is the only example I can think of though.