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Let me ask you, Tony: Do you think that progressives do ANYTHING wrong in their campaigning? Are there ANY strategic changes progressives could (or should) make to win elections? Because genuinely, whenever we have these arguments, it always comes across as though your response to those two questions is "No, because it's the system that's the problem, not us." Maybe you're just not getting a point across that I'm missing.

You asked me earlier in this topic about how I would say progressives should reframe the "Defund the Police" debate, and I gave a response. But my response largely can be applied across the board. Progressives already support progressive policies. You guys are fucking brilliant and see things that the unwashed masses can't see and thus you need to be in power to save them from themselves. So why does it seem like progressive campaigns are largely tailored to appealing to people who already agree with them? In my opinion, progressives should be finding a way to tailor their message to the moderate majority, either by convincing them that "hey, maybe these policies would be better than our centrism" or convincing them that "hey, these policies AREN'T an extremist, existential threat to our current lifestyle." Once you get in power, do whatever you want. Push hard left policies. Lord knows we deserve it since the GOP does that shit with the far right. But you need to win elections first.

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