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Wisconsin considers democratic socialist for governor amid US wave of progressive wins
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Are the dems having their tea party moment?
A progressive takeover would be amazing and maybe the only way to peacefully undue the damage caused by the current administration
You think they'll leave peacefully?
Edit for clarity: they as in the current admin.
We will certainly find out shortly
They'll likely do exactly what the Republicans did. They'll try to fight it for a bit. They'll see how unpopular they are with how much they were losing or doing jackshit. Some will convert and pretend they were progressives the whole time. Some will leave in disgrace. A few will join the Republicans or become independents.
They'll try to stop the change, but they will have a hard time fighting the message of everyone deserving healthcare, housing, childcare, education, and food. Democratic voters typically vote for things they think helps people, just like Republican voters typically vote for things they think fights bad things.
To me, it's hard to fight the message "You and everyone you know deserve free healthcare" with their message of "But don't you love your private insurance???" Especially when literally everyone is making Luigi memes whenever an insurance company shows their fucking face. And when you look like a stupid dipshit, people remember that.
So, like, they did sort of cause this themselves.
Oh my bad, I see now that the "they" in my comment is ambiguous. I meant "they" as in the current administration and those backing it, not the DNC old guard.
Like progressives taking over the Democrats would be great but I doubt the current admin will go along with a peaceful transition if they get voted out (assuming it isn't rigged such that it will never look like they lose an election again).
The admin is definitely trying to make their own little Stasi, but I genuinely do not think it is working for them the way they want it to. They certainly want to use the National Guards of other states because that's easier to do. I just... don't think they have the political capital to institute a successful coup? I could be wrong, and they're DEFINITELY TRYING, but they would likely need someone other than Trump to lead something like that, and the only person I think has any sort of shot is, like, Tucker Carlson, who is certainly trying to leverage a presidential candidacy in 2028.
They're trying, but they're also very inept and corrupt, which is sort of a double edged sword, and, somehow most importantly but also not as important as I'd like, not a lot of people like them or their perpetual war to increase costs on everyone.
If they know what's good for them, they will.