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In reply to the discussion: Musk Ox don't break ranks when they are vurnerable [View all]Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)You could be right. I could be missing something. I'm not sure the imposters dominate but we shouldn't let our disagreement irrevocably disrupt our unity as Democrats which is my whole point.
I'm perfectly comfortable giving your strategy as chance. We shouldn't let differences in opinion on strategy, dissolve our coalition. Yes, these are big choices with big long term effects. But if one idea doesn't work, you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and try the other guy's idea. Do you think and endless cycle of granting support and withdrawing it is working? Maybe it is. I don't know. Is the party moving forward or do you think it should be abandoned?
My thoughts are you don't want to let it break the coalition without an existing replacement because then you're even further back than square one. Not trying to etch this all in stone. Just suggesting things.. You may have already seen this tried and gone beyond this. And that's fine too. I'm not going to abandon the party because I think a fellow member made or is making a wrong move. Nor am I going to break ranks because one of our weak members lead the wolf pack to the herd. I see too much of that and I'm not sure it works as effectively as sticking together.
Look at religion. Not very rational but, as evolutionists will tell you, it's function is not rationality. It's unity. I'm not saying we shouldn't adhere to rationality. To a great extent our party already does to a much greater degree than most other groups, which is probably why you and I are attracted to its ideas and policies.
But like a religion and like a civilization, if you abandon a mass political philosophy without an existing alternative of comparable influence and power, you're going to effectively be starting from scratch. Sort of like when the Mayans abandoned their cities. If you think Democrats are managing their political philosophy that badly, by all means, run for the hills.
But do you really think the setbacks we are seeing are unmanageable and worthy of abandoning ship?