We the People, endeavoring in an ever more perfect Union. Establish the Progressive Party of the United States. Party members will emphasize the value of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. As these are understood to be the foundation of Freedom.
For too long, has outside influence driven our politics. We seek to end Citizens United. The only money in politics should be our own.
The Two Party System, must come to an end. We shall seek to have Ranked Voting in each State of the Union.
We will seek a tax rate of no less, than ninety percent. On the wealthiest in this Country.
Higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy, along with a robust corporate tax reform. Will provide the necessary funds to enhance our existing infrastructure, and new national projects.
Of these projects, are the creation of a High Speed Rail Network, and heavy investments for public sector research into AI and Fusion technologies.
We believe that a strong military is needed for defense. However, wars of aggression and conquest are counter to the peace that we seek.
An educated populace, is a strong populace. We will seek to make higher education, available and free to all People.
We believe that we are a part of this world, and shall seek to restore and maintain our relations with our long term allies.
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The Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party, and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) failed at this.
The system changes you; you don’t change the system within.
A party that is for the working class must be independent from the duopoly, not within it.
The Tea Party succeeded. The modern GOP has adopted the Tea Party’s entire platform. The Tea Party originated within the Republican Party, and changed the system from within.
We desperately need a Guillotine Party to do the same thing for Democrats.
“From within” is the only feasible method currently available to us. The spoiler effect of our FPTP voting system makes external change infeasible.
Can we adopt Guillotine Party for the collective left? Cause that sounds badass.
Seems to me that whatever entity actually manages to politically decapitate the billionaire class has a solid claim to the name.
And yet the magats did–they completely transformed the republican party–by getting their candidates “within” it. They started with the TEA party which didn’t try to get elected running as a 3rd party, which is impossible, but ran as tea party republicans. They made sure there were tea party candidates in every repub primary they could, running to the right of the “mainstream” R candidate. They won many of those primaries simply because it’s the activists who turn out for the primaries while most ignore them. Then in the general they won because republicans vote for whoever has the R by their name without thinking about it too much. This moved the R party to the right and drove out R moderates. Yes there were some losses because of the R being too far to the right for the general, but overall it brought the R party to what we see today.
Thanks for the reminder!
For those interested:
Interview - Max Blumenthal - Republican Gomorrah [57:36 | SEP 25 2009 | talkingsticktv | https://lemmy.world/post/27562726]
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We’ve got to get a toe in the door. Ideas?
There are many third parties.
They also have debates.[1]
I think third parties need to collaborate with each other to bring the working class together.
It won’t be easy going against the duopoly; it never is. For example, we would just need to look at the trouble the Green Party has had to go through from past elections.
I would also like to see more third parties in discussions with each other while also going to talk with independent media and with political commentators.
Some of the third parties that are independent from the duopoly are:
[1] https://lemmy.world/post/12656737 ↩︎
Yes, that’s what I mean about getting a toe in the door. So I’m open to running as Dem, but IDK if the party would let that happen either.
AOC and others from the Justice Democrats won seats, so it is feasible.
I see them as a failed experiment that needed to be conducted.
Good luck and best wishes!
The plan is to get rid of Citizens United, and crowd fund our own candidates. Will it make them immune to corruption? No, but then we just pull funding and support.
It is always exciting when hearing about new third parties that are outside of the duopoly.
I think third parties need to collaborate with each other to bring the working class together.
Some of them being:
Good luck and best wishes!
I agree, I’ll reach out to who I can. It’s no longer left or right, this is Class War.
Awesome!