The liberal version of the leftist "I converted this farmer in the True American Heartland to socialism" fantasy is imagining a Reasonable, Business-Friendly Republican Governor who you can wonk out with
It's funny that we've seen a couple bonafide revolutions recently (Sri Lanka, Nepal) where protestors were cracked down on violently, leading to a crisis in which state buildings were stormed and officials resigned en masse, leading to provisional governments and ... new elections!
I think we need to put an enormous number of people in jail, cut enough funding to rural areas that everyone moves, build a bunch of housing, pack the courts and end the filibuster. We need 8-16 years in power and we need to change the GOP into something with different incentives
winning elections is pretty much the only way to solidify the gains of social movements though. and winning them often enough that they can't be immediately repealed.
There's no evidence that the MacArthur BART TOD project drove out low income or minority groups. The median household income at MacArthur station is lower than all the neighborhoods around it that gentrified with little or no development.
New coal leases in the Powder River Basin have been paused after the first one had only a bid for 1/10th of a penny. They are trying to blame previous administrations, but the writing is on the wall. We should be supporting coal workers and communities not doing wtf this clown show is doing.
Even had there been a normal primary, Harris probably wins for the exact reasons you describe. Although maybe she is better able to stake out her own path away from Biden
Yes, it’s a tragedy that we would have (imo) had a better shot with nominee who could be the “change candidate” and more convincingly distance themselves from Biden, but that there was no likely or pain-free way of getting one
