"Progressives should not make the same mistake that Ernst ThƤlmann made in 1932. The leader of the German Communist Party, ThƤlmann saw mainstream liberals as his enemies, and so the center and left never joined forces against the Nazis. ThƤlmann famously said that ā€˜some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forestā€™ of social democrats, whom he sneeringly called ā€˜social fascists.ā€™

After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, ThƤlmann was arrested. He was shot on Hitlerā€™s orders in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944."

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    Rightwing Dems that get to the primary off corporate donors in the primary will never let RCC take over

    The only reason they win in generals is the only other option is Republicans.

    To fix anything on the federal level we need the Dem party onboard and all on the same page, then heavy majorities, then fix the system

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      Iā€™d argue that you donā€™t need it in every state. You just need it in enough states to make a 3rd party candidate viable.

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      Look up the Moral Majority. They wrested control of the GOP from Nelson Rockefeller et al by showing up at every local Republican function with enough votes to make sure they got heard. They started out putting their sheriffs and county clerks on the ballots.