[Mentalist]

 Azath Vitr (D, on 03 November 2026 - 06:38 PM, said:

There's been so much positive momentum that I'm hopeful we won't have to worry about Republicans or Democrats by 2028... or 2030 at least.

Of course I'm referring to a completely different type of momentum (of progress), that is ultimately---in terms of its practical impact on most people---even further left than the vast majority of progressives... Luxury Communism USA.

It would take A LOT of cultural deprogramming to get a significant plurality of the USAians to endorse the idea of a common good.

Individualistic exceptionalism runs deep there.

And social media breaking down social cohesion isn't helping

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[Chance]

I'm no American but too me it seems that the further left the democrats go the more they alienate the middle and the less likely they are to win the next election. It kinda seems the basic working of politics in most of the west really.

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[Mentalist]

Chance, on 03 November 2026 - 08:00 PM, said:

I'm no American but too me it seems that the further left the democrats go the more they alienate the middle and the less likely they are to win the next election. It kinda seems the basic working of politics in most of the west really.

there's a growing polarization between cities that are becoming increasingly progressive, and rural/less economically developed areas, that are becoming more conservative/culturally backward, especially as the more progressive youths are moving out into said cities.

In places where electoral system is set up to favour the less populated areas, this leads to a significant rightward slide overall. The only real way to address this is to either reform the system, or pull up the backwaters.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Mentalist, on 03 November 2026 - 07:06 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 03 November 2026 - 06:38 PM, said:

There's been so much positive momentum that I'm hopeful we won't have to worry about Republicans or Democrats by 2028... or 2030 at least.

Of course I'm referring to a completely different type of momentum (of progress), that is ultimately---in terms of its practical impact on most people---even further left than the vast majority of progressives... Luxury Communism USA.

It would take A LOT of cultural deprogramming to get a significant plurality of the USAians to endorse the idea of a common good.

Or a lot of abundance... and yes, persuasion.

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Individualistic exceptionalism runs deep there.

They can be pragmatically reconciled. But yes there will probably still be megagazillionaires---politically disempowered however (adroitly manipulated if necessary).

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And social media breaking down social cohesion isn't helping

Superpersuasionubermensch legions to the rescue.