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As to the bigger question of whither now the progressive wing, I would think it should be obvious to a group that constitutes around one-third of Democrats and 15 per cent of the voting public that it can't achieve power on its own. It has to cooperate, tolerate, and compromise with people who hold different values and goals. Learn how to work in a coalition.
The problem is the political culture young progressives are accustomed to - the forums, media sources, and social media platforms of the progressive left - fiercely deter cooperation, toleration, and compromise with those who have different values. So a lot of people are going to have to foster skills and attitudes that they've been powerfully conditioned against if they hope to effect the change they want.
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Yeah, I can't imagine why a group that is drowning in debt, lacking in economic opportunities, and facing down ecologic catastrophe would be so opposed to the "band-aid for a bullet hole" policies proposed by centrists.