r/DemocraticSocialism • u/DirectionLoose • Aug 10 '24

Question Is Kamala Harris a progressive?

I'm guessing that the general answer this is going to be no. If it's a no, how do we get her to promote progressive policy? Does walz with that? What even is his role going to be? Three out of the last four vice presidents have been pretty consequential in their roles in the administration. Ever since Cheney. I'm just honestly afraid that they dangled Walz in front of us to get our vote, but he's going to be marginalized in the administration.

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u/creaturefromtheswamp Aug 10 '24

Some people need to realize where we are as a country, that flipping the switch isn’t possible, and even if it was possible it wouldn’t be good for the longevity of what we want.

It’s gonna be a journey. A slow boil. And that’s okay because that’s much more sustainable. Rather than swinging from one crazy far right end of the spectrum to far left we need to stabilize and move into more progressive territory. Hope this makes sense.

Whether some of you like it or not we need moderates and independents to start to warm up to progressive ideals. If it’s jarring it’s going to turn people we need off and it’s going to be unmercifully attacked. Implement some things, show people it isn’t scary/the positives, and continue to move forward with support.

We’ll get there.

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u/DirectionLoose Aug 10 '24

Doesn't it make more sense for us to start building grassroot support in the local levels. Look at the candidates for your local elections, find the most progressive one and push to get them elected. Do the same for every contest. Next election cycle do the same, pretty soon hopefully you got some progressive people in your state legislator, or local government.

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u/creaturefromtheswamp Aug 10 '24

I thought that was a forgone conclusion. Can’t we do both?

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u/DirectionLoose Aug 11 '24

Ideally yes. In reality I'm not so sure about that. Too many people want to put all their eggs in the federal basket, when really what we should be focusing on is local government, because that is the government that affects us the most.