SigmatheZeta
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- Generally, I am rooted in both ancient Epicurean and ancient Pyrrhonist sentiments, although I am somewhat sympathetic toward the intentions behind ancient Cynicism.
Next year, we are approaching a mid-term election, and one of our party happens to be in the White House. This means that we are likely to lose seats, and the only question is how badly it's going to hurt.
Democrats have been, overall, on a serious losing streak since the mid-1990's. Our party has only held both the presidency and majorities in both houses of Congress for two years in an entire generation, and while there have been court victories for certain causes during that time, judges loyal to our beliefs no longer have control in the Supreme Court of the United States, which is slow to change and very difficult to win back. We are likely to take serious damage, over the next generation, in the area of reproductive liberties, and the possibility of renewed aggression against the LGBTQIAA community remains a particular topic of concern. Inequality in the United States continues to expand, and while it has not yet reached the extremes that were seen prior to World War II, we are starting to see political tensions that ought to be familiar to dedicated students of history.
I have a philosophy, regarding politics, based on my own uniquely intersectional background: people need to feel pain before you can ever get them serious about organizing in the defense of their own rights. This is a reality about human nature. A false sense of security tends to make it very difficult to get people to take you seriously, and by the time they have actually gotten organized, a part of the job description is comforting people whose lives have been utterly shattered. In order to find people that are open to joining you in a political coalition, you need to find people that have felt serious pain and understand the need to take action.
In order to unite this party and marshal them to serious fighting condition, we need to find where people are hurting the most, and we need to chart a realistic course toward improving their situation. We have less than a year in order to effect this outcome.
Democrats have been, overall, on a serious losing streak since the mid-1990's. Our party has only held both the presidency and majorities in both houses of Congress for two years in an entire generation, and while there have been court victories for certain causes during that time, judges loyal to our beliefs no longer have control in the Supreme Court of the United States, which is slow to change and very difficult to win back. We are likely to take serious damage, over the next generation, in the area of reproductive liberties, and the possibility of renewed aggression against the LGBTQIAA community remains a particular topic of concern. Inequality in the United States continues to expand, and while it has not yet reached the extremes that were seen prior to World War II, we are starting to see political tensions that ought to be familiar to dedicated students of history.
I have a philosophy, regarding politics, based on my own uniquely intersectional background: people need to feel pain before you can ever get them serious about organizing in the defense of their own rights. This is a reality about human nature. A false sense of security tends to make it very difficult to get people to take you seriously, and by the time they have actually gotten organized, a part of the job description is comforting people whose lives have been utterly shattered. In order to find people that are open to joining you in a political coalition, you need to find people that have felt serious pain and understand the need to take action.
In order to unite this party and marshal them to serious fighting condition, we need to find where people are hurting the most, and we need to chart a realistic course toward improving their situation. We have less than a year in order to effect this outcome.