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The issue is that the people in power are not progressives, or have not gotten full support and the time needed to enact change. Establishment Democrats are jus
by jkestner 3y ago
The issue is that the people in power are not progressives, or have not gotten full support and the time needed to enact change. Establishment Democrats are just as pro-punishment as Republicans; take the President’s history as a legislator. NYC is literally run by a cop. Trolls started blaming the progressive mayor of Chicago for crime before he even took office. LAPD contains a literal gang. The system progressives want to change is too deeply rooted to change in just an election.
I don’t know if progressive policies are the answer to everything, but we’ve steadily been throwing money in the other direction so consider whether that strategy is a failure.
- bradleyjg 3y agoWas Lori Lightfoot not a progressive? How long are we going to have to just vote harder before we start seeing some results, somewhere?
- bombcar 3y agoNo true progressives, because if they were true progressives there would be progress! Wonderful logic.
- jkestner 3y agoReply to sibling: lol, Lightfoot is not a progressive. Toni Preckwinkle was the progressive candidate. Anyone can claim the label, but if the teacher’s union hates you and you’re a former prosecutor, you might not be a progressive. I specifically did not say to vote more, but that an election is not enough. It takes constant public pressure, and of course good strategy to effect change. Even if Lightfoot really did want to reform the CPD, it’s too powerful to face without a collective effort focused on small, achievable policy to start. I respect the outsiders, but she was not very political. Maybe Johnson, as a former organizer, will do better.
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