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In reply to the discussion: The imminent backlash of the Democratic Left. [View all]Warpy
(111,230 posts)and the only game in town is an overlarge, unwieldy Democratic Party that finds itself unable to make any changes at all.
A new party coalesces around one or two issues--like Abolition in the 1850s. After that issue has been resolved, apathy sets in and the Hamiltonians take over.
The next leftist party might coalesce around ending corporate dictatorship or instituting cradle to grave single payer health care separated from employment or any of a dozen other pressing issues.
If history repeats itself again, this is how it will happen.
The extreme discontent of the left right now is useful. The more it is frustrated by the bloated Third Way, the better. It's going to have to be a lot larger and angrier before it becomes effective enough to challenge herds of conservatives.