2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tens of thousands to leave Democratic party the day after their primaries in protest [View all]lexington filly
(239 posts)real life. That just seems boringly passive. History shows us consistent, long term, masses of people publicly protesting, strong leadership and strategic actions, etc. make political revolutions successful: Martin Luther King; Occupy Wall Street. Both brought change though not enough because King was killed and there wasn't another charismatic leader in the wings, and Occupy lacked a central motivating leader from the beginning and the cops threw them out and arrested them and they quit. King never quit and never would have. Progressives have Bernie. If what is feared happens, Bernie loses, he'd be totally powerless in a Clinton administration without his share of Dems supporting him. He could affect real change with them. Without them, everything he's done, running for Pres will have been for nothing. I could see strategically sitting out a particular candidate's election to empower Progressives and get attention for Revolution. But sitting out the whole election by quitting? A bridge too far for me.