2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Grapes [View all]mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)I can hear the Hillary supporters already: "But, but, but you don't get to define 'progressive'." Basically, thay apply good-sounding words to their candidate/deity whether those words make sense to apply or not. As a result, words lose all meaning. Their defense (above) is pure, uncut bullshit.
The core of your message is that we don't live in normal times - we live in extreme times. That has a lot of truth to it. Envirnomental problems need radical solutions, not just requiring slightlly higher fuel efficiency - and we can't even get that in these extreme times. Income inequality is also an extreme problem that threatens to push the country into pitchfork terriroty. It also has a significant effect on whether we can deal with climate change given that the super-rich are married to the systems that cause climate change.
One political party is deep into extreme, ideological terrirory. That makes it impossible to discuss many issues or even approach them. Dealing with the country's issues is pretty much impossible because of it. "Tweaking" won't solve this one in a million years.
In the end, Hillary is insufficient to improve any of this.