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Originally Posted by rubecube
Not really. Old, white liberals love him, so I'm not surprised he's right up your alley, but most of the under 40 crowds sees him for the shameless corporate shill that he is.
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I think you need to get something through your head. "Progressives" are a very small segment of the population in the United States, and they hold little to no sway in politics. They are viewed as extremists and often branded with the socialist tag, making them pretty much useless on the national stage. Ever wonder why AOC and Bernie have been kept off the national stage for Biden and Harris? Because they are poison pills to the vast majority of the nation. Can we get to a place where those voices matter and will become accepted? Hopefully. But it is going to take years of work to make that happen, and it starts with the "corporate shills" like Pete. You don't go from a fascist authoritarian to a socialist without the country imploding. Change takes time and moving from a very right of center position back to even a centrist perspective is going to take years and a number of cycles. A leftist perspective is not even in the wings at this point, not until it is socialized and people accept the term being used.