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What approach(es) would you prefer the Democratic establishment to take in response to the rise of the hard left?

by justhere4reddit ·
Push back, in some cases forcefully, even if parts of the base respond poorly.
% (218 votes)
Make some concessions, such as on the US-Israel relationship.
% (318 votes)
Embrace the insurgency — they’re largely on the right track.
% (78 votes)
Try to alleviate material frustration with market-friendly, “Abundance” policies.
% (376 votes)
Aggressively push for institutional reforms to disempower the MAGA right.
% (375 votes)
Push incumbents over the age of 70 to retire.
% (331 votes)
Recruit more center-left candidates under the age of 50.
% (390 votes)
None of these strategies in particular.
% (8 votes)
I believe that this is being caused by people thinking current democrats are feckless. I think if they embrace a more combative stance, while also addressing issues about affordability, that will mitigate the appeal of leftists candidates
% (1 votes)
I wouldn’t make concessions. I think we should condition arms to Israel and try to empower liberal voices over there but I’m opposed to a lot of what the hard left suggests in relation to fopo otherwise (including on Israel, but also especially Ukraine, Taiwan, NATO). No concessions, just working towards more just solutions.
% (1 votes)
Left wing economic policies support liberalism
% (1 votes)
Eliminate democracy, the engine of populism. Institute Chairman Pelosi. I am mot joking.
% (1 votes)
Subject the emerging left to the realities of governing with appointments that require work
% (1 votes)
Underlying the party lies a vision. You need that going in. Biden 3 doesn't work
% (1 votes)
Embrace social reforms in healthcare, education, and wages
% (1 votes)
Stop retreading the same old broken strategies/policy ideas that got us in this mess
% (1 votes)
Destroy at all costs
% (1 votes)
actually apply some effort
% (1 votes)
Pack the court
% (1 votes)
Concede to the working class, Bernie would have won
% (1 votes)
Embrace the truth that politics is not about issues or “moderate vs progressive” it’s about energy and vibes. Stop talking about policies.
% (1 votes)
We created Trump. We should concede to the working class and the "hard left"
% (0 votes)
Prosecute and jail ICE
% (1 votes)
Pardon Luigi
% (1 votes)
TAX THE UNIMPROVED VALUE OF LAND
% (1 votes)
Just tax land lol
% (1 votes)
Jill Stein
% (2 votes)
If we allied with Stalin to beat the Nazis the first time, surely we can find common cause with folks like AOC
% (1 votes)
Promote voting reform, to increase viability of different parties
% (1 votes)
Either get rid of primaries for most elections or have stricter criteria for participation.
% (1 votes)
ally with MAGA to stop the commies
% (1 votes)
Tax Land
% (1 votes)
Find the legitimacy in the social anxieties of middle-status working people, validate them, and work on them. Kill the "either you're a college educated progressive or you're a racist/sexist/etc." framing.
% (1 votes)
Purge the DSA and apologize for running Platner
% (1 votes)
Neo-Lusviggian policy (Universal Sardine Coverage, whites to shut uod 🤬)
% (1 votes)
Crush them, see them driven before you, hear the lamentations of their women
% (1 votes)
Message much more aggressively against magism and stop the bi partisanship love that hasn't existed for a while
% (1 votes)
Democracy is non-negotiable.
% (1 votes)
Legislation to institute RCV & Jungle Primaries akin to the system in Alaska for non-presidental elections Nationwide
% (1 votes)
Coopt their vibe with neoliberal policies such as a Land Value Tax.
% (1 votes)
have a pool party
% (1 votes)
institutional reforms to make it harder for progressives to hold party positions and that disadvantage them in primaries
% (1 votes)
Appeal to the base and dress up policies in populist narratives.
% (1 votes)
education and messaging
% (1 votes)
We're on the Terminator 2 timeline; fucking pay attention
% (1 votes)
Have a democratic party that is active with and plays the social media game.
% (1 votes)
Use proven market driven policies to lower cost of living
% (1 votes)
-
% (1 votes)
Nominate stronger leadership
% (1 votes)
Aggressively prosecute knowing participants in active measures. Research active measures to find how they game social media and create legislation to regulate or ban features they use. Explore options to create harsher credible disincentives to deter actors from initiating active meaures in the United States.
% (1 votes)
Embrace socialism. Realize that capitalism is a death sentence and infinite growth is inherently unsustainable
% (1 votes)
just be better
% (1 votes)
Th
% (1 votes)
may I suggest forcefem
% (1 votes)
Pack the supreme court and enforce term limits on justices
% (1 votes)
actually fight against Trump
% (1 votes)
Punch left
% (1 votes)
Directly engage with the "hard left" along with the democratic base to advocate for better policies where their policies suck, and bring evidence. Its been working for Yimbyism. A lot of the "hard left" true believers are not bad faith actors like MAGA. Of course there are a lot of hard-left grifters, but their followers aren't as dumb as MAGA, and so they will eventually have to bend the knee to evidence.
% (1 votes)
Embrace capitalism
% (1 votes)
Aggressively vet anyone (candidates, staffers, etc.) who comes from an affluent background but is "downwardly mobile". Hard left types usually are the failed children of the upper professional class.
% (1 votes)
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