Reply #75: Elections bring out pragmatism [View All]

[loyalsister]

compromises, and flawed conventional wisdom that has become entrenched in our culture in the form of basic beliefs about liberalism vs. conservatism.

There don't seem to be policies without labels or people with ideas when elections are in progress.

Labels, then become the topic of debate. I have observed that this sometimes leads people to be defensive of their labels or make efforts to align themseleves with the "winning label."

Sometimes people do it out of desperation to want to tap into what they believe the majority responds to.

I also tend to think the green party and DLC are institutions based on that kind of reactive politics, and they have presumptuously centralized a political home base for all progressives and all moderates. I think it has divided us to some extent.

My strategy is to focus on local issues where we can find solutions to problems to a point that we can move some mole hills and make actual inroads toward constructing a progressive local community.