Talking about it won’t make it happen. But political action can’t happen if it’s not talked about! We’re again at this impasse where according to your view point, no one is allowed to stake out a political position unless there’s already a certainty for it to pass. How is anyone supposed to build consensus and improve support for something like that? More people from any party, whether that’s democrat republican independent or a third party, supporting your position is a good thing and makes it more likely to happen. Running on a platform and popularizing it is political action. And “republicans don’t like it” is generally the obstacle when you’re talking about democrats passing a law yeah. Because they get elected to congress too and can vote against it (or worse the president). I’m not claiming every democrat supports it, obviously that is not the case. But getting more and more people to adopt the position is how you get to the political action. Politicians staking out a position and then people voting for the ones whose position matches your own is how this whole thing works.
You absolutely missed the point. Democrats didn’t like Dobbs. That didn’t stop the Republicans from getting it. The entire government, corporations, and capitalists didn’t want unions to exist. That didn’t stop workers from getting the NLRA. If 90 years isn’t long enough for a national policy on public healthcare, then how much longer before we actually get it? I helped organize my own union across 3 states, including Texas, against a massive anti-union company. There were multiple points where I was the only active member of the organizing committee. I achieved my goal in under 3 years. We’re the largest union in our sector. There is no excuse for the democrats. You don’t need to like them or defend them in any way to vote for them. Don’t make the mistake in thinking that this time they won’t pull the carrot away.
Talking about it won’t make it happen. But political action can’t happen if it’s not talked about! We’re again at this impasse where according to your view point, no one is allowed to stake out a political position unless there’s already a certainty for it to pass. How is anyone supposed to build consensus and improve support for something like that? More people from any party, whether that’s democrat republican independent or a third party, supporting your position is a good thing and makes it more likely to happen. Running on a platform and popularizing it is political action. And “republicans don’t like it” is generally the obstacle when you’re talking about democrats passing a law yeah. Because they get elected to congress too and can vote against it (or worse the president). I’m not claiming every democrat supports it, obviously that is not the case. But getting more and more people to adopt the position is how you get to the political action. Politicians staking out a position and then people voting for the ones whose position matches your own is how this whole thing works.
You absolutely missed the point. Democrats didn’t like Dobbs. That didn’t stop the Republicans from getting it. The entire government, corporations, and capitalists didn’t want unions to exist. That didn’t stop workers from getting the NLRA. If 90 years isn’t long enough for a national policy on public healthcare, then how much longer before we actually get it? I helped organize my own union across 3 states, including Texas, against a massive anti-union company. There were multiple points where I was the only active member of the organizing committee. I achieved my goal in under 3 years. We’re the largest union in our sector. There is no excuse for the democrats. You don’t need to like them or defend them in any way to vote for them. Don’t make the mistake in thinking that this time they won’t pull the carrot away.