The majorities in the next Congress must push a maximalist agenda and force Republicans to go on the record blocking or obstructing limits on corporate power.
As always, they’d prefer to lose to the right than win with the left. The latter is a threat to their power in the party and fundraising. The former might kill millions, but they don’t care.
I just want to extend that thinking beyond party political actors to daily drivers of moderation and centrism. Those among us who make the same claims being defended as moderate or a middle ground, are no less cynical in their expression of politics.
As always, they’d prefer to lose to the right than win with the left. The latter is a threat to their power in the party and fundraising. The former might kill millions, but they don’t care.
I just want to extend that thinking beyond party political actors to daily drivers of moderation and centrism. Those among us who make the same claims being defended as moderate or a middle ground, are no less cynical in their expression of politics.