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Sailingfish

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19. Not telling you what to do, but this should be in the way forward section.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2025, 12:24 PM

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More leeway in the discussion. I saw an OP from a few days ago where the poster was driven off and banned for daring to go against the grain of "acceptable discourse of the history of the United States." Pretty pathetic.

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We used to have them. Like Bernie and his troops, but America rejected them. LiberalArkie Monday #1

Who do you think would work? Scrivener7 Monday #5

What happend to occupy wallstreet sunflowerseed Monday #2

It had no central organizing figure, so it fell apart. Scrivener7 Monday #6

Well it had a lot of leaders, but in the end the corporate Democrats won again. This is just my opinion. LiberalArkie Monday #7

I think, though, that the group's intentional lack of, for lack of a better word, hierarchy, contributed to its fall Scrivener7 Monday #10

Corporate Democrats. I remember the discussions that if we wanted to win elections we need to meet the GOP LiberalArkie Monday #9

I have people representing me... stillcool Monday #14

"The moving to the right is not the political party, it's the political reality", only because we let them. We had no LiberalArkie Monday #15

Cedric the Entertainer Funtatlaguy Monday #3

Strangely, that could be a good pick. He is careful about his approach to Magats, he has a voice, Scrivener7 Monday #8

succinctly stated, I'm racking my brain HAB911 Monday #4

Someone from the South or Midwest exboyfil Monday #11

We have world-class leaders. Arise! usonian Monday #12

I could not agree more with all you say in that thread. How do we make it happen, though? Scrivener7 Monday #17

Write? usonian Monday #20

We need to establish and project unity of purpose first. Only then can we choose the right leader. Beastly Boy Monday #13

I agree about the unity of purpose. It's a bit of a chicken or egg question, though. Can we choose that without Scrivener7 Monday #16

We must do so. Beastly Boy Monday #22

Rally the troops toward what goal? WhiskeyGrinder Monday #18

Not telling you what to do, but this should be in the way forward section. Sailingfish Monday #19

Sorry. You're right. I'll copy it in there. Scrivener7 Monday #21

As sailingfish rightly suggests, I'm going to close this in GD and move it to The Way Forward. Scrivener7 Monday #23