JDPoZ

How bout those "centrists" go "fuck themselves."

Feinstein is not "far left." And neither is Gavin Newsom.

It won't die. It will just hollow out. Same as Digg. Same as Facebook, Twitter, and every other shitty part of the internet. The power users are what make the internet the magical place it is. Without those people, the sites will still work... but they won't be as great as they were before their respective turning points. It's a cycle it seems.

It's because the rich have essentially captured both parties. There are a HANDFUL of candidates in the democratic party and among independents who have not been basically bought and paid for, and still more out there who pretend to be to the left .

The democratic party's only hope is REAL left-wing massive policy passage - the kind that cannot be ignored, that ignites a depressed, cynical voting base.

Instead, they constantly try to find some shitty halfway point between pissing off incredibly rich donors, and making the working class not want to burn everything down. What that effectively means policy-wise is - is instead of things like "universal free healthcare" we get a clone of Romneycare... with the public option stripped from it by another bullshit Republicrat / "bLuE-dOg" democrat... where insurance companies get paid no matter what... but you still can't afford insulin.

All that then does is make people not show up for them - thinking the Democratic party - the only party NOT advocating for outright fascism - isn't going to fight for their voting bases real tangible needs.

Unless, of course, it's a very specific physical platform that looks like this.