Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver
theintercept.com
A democratic socialist who lost her job for speaking out about Gaza unseated a 29-year incumbent amid a wave of anti-establishment energy.
  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    83·
    2 months ago

    old school Democrats won’t change it either for some reason

    Because the ratchet effect will stop working when they’re no longer able to buy primaries and then run as the only realistic alternative to fascism.

    The current system protects the DNC from losing power to the effectively disenfranchised Left more than anything else.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      This is so sad IMO, because it’s probably true.
      Shedding a tear for the country I once admired. 😥

    • Wataba@sh.itjust.works
      42·
      2 months ago

      The ratchet effect is non-voters doing jack shit to clean things up while the sycophants continue to get their way. Cant blame the Dems for that one.

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        Why do you think you hear so many ‘Leftists’ screaming Both Sides Are The Same?

        Nonvoting always helps the Right, because those guys go to the polls every chance they get.

        • justaman123@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          Tbf they are kind of the only ones who know what they are voting for, and are getting what they are voting for. And that’s rich daddy gets all the power.