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Bernie Sanders says Zohran Mamdani is the only New York City candidate standing up to billionaires. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Also, I am explicitly not advocating for moving to the right, if you need me to spell it out. I don’t think it’s a good decision morally, and I don’t think it’s a good decision politically.

And yet you/re saying it "demonstrably" works. I see no demonstration.

What I’m advocating for, is for progressives to participate in democracy, and not wait for democracy to happen to them.

Keep getting shut out by an establishment that prefers donald trump to raising the minimum wage? Must be your fault no matter how hard you work because you're not involved enough! We never have to change! Well, except to move to the right!

Democratic party consistently interprets it as a call to move to the right, that’s how democracy works.

That's how excuses work. They know moving to the right doesn't net them any republican votes ("dEmOnStRaBlY" or otherwise), but since they want to move to the right no matter what, they use it as an excuse.

Republicans won't vote for the lesser evil. They prefer the greater evil every time. But it's a great excuse for centrist democrats who want to be evil to keep being more evil.