This is spot on. The Democrats want to placate their voters, not solve their problems. Activists want to make noise, but don’t have the power to really pull strings in DC. I don’t know whether podcasts will move the needle, but I do think that the Democratic establishment has to stop demonizing people who are advocating for new thinking and new blood. Because if they don’t, the party will become irrelevant. Some would argue it already has.
"They say what many people already believe but rarely hear affirmed: that the system is rigged against ordinary people, that activists can be annoying and self-righteous, that most politicians are useless, and that the rich and powerful have far too much control." This is the total truth and we need to be making a lot more noise about it. IMO Bernie was shafted by the Dems, who ignored his large and enthusiastic following to insert a mainstream (read capitalism preservationist) figure like Hillary Clinton as their nominee. Watch them do it again, ignoring AOC and Ro Khanna as well as Bernie, who would never be nominated due to his age this time around. Democratic Socialism, refined by us, as us, and for us is the only viable road forward. Even those rich who are not insanely greedy and power hungry could get behind it. If money alone were their goal, all they'd have to look at was the fact that the founder of IKEA and others like him are plenty wealthy, just more willing to share and play nice. And that's my main point, but I'd like to add one other thing I almost didn't notice in your valuable post: that progressive left-leaning podcasters need to be 'more feminist.' Yo, really? Has any effing anyone failed to notice that over 50% of the population are women? When I'm folding laundry, I'd like to hear someone who has my interests in mind rather than only or predominantly those of my male friends and colleagues. And that don't mean advice about fixing my hair and makeup and how to make sure the floor is always sparkling clean. I want to know what the government will deliver for my kids, the environment, and me. Not necessarily in that order. In case you doubt our interest, get into your time machine and go back to the pussy hat demonstrations. Ok, we're not as worried about being somehow de-feminized as men appear to be about being emasculated, whatever the eff that means. (Okay, role loss and being asked to share power, I actually do get that, but you get my drift.)
Noticing you've only got a list of men, and I'm guessing they are also straight and cisgender. Can you cite other podcasters who are trans, women, etc?
100% great insight - what you missed is a that most politicians - higher political operatives have a “business - special interest “ business model paying the bills - “people do not change - unless they have to”
80% politicians are people who had failed law practices /Doctors offices ect —- who got to office to add obscure “add on’s” to bills that - that makes the donors that funded their campaign $$$ …So they are paranoid about anything that will screw up the Racket …Hate anything new… Alt right Podcast funded by special interests as well
Joe Rogan is a mouth piece for the Dana White Crew and UFC … the Russians funded - Rubin & others …
What the Democrats lack is any independent voices when Matt Taibbi author of Insane Clown president doesn't follow the narrative because The narrative was a lie on ivermectin covid our coup in Ukraine now firing on the Kremlin Matt was given the internals at Twitter and discovered censorship all over the place coming from the Democratic party and the White House. So now they call him a trumpster just because he calls out the corruption of the democratic party doesn't mean he's on the right same with many others Joe Rogan was a Bernie supporter wouldn't have Trump on his show CNN painted him green and called him a trumpster and again the least informed crowd out there liberals they believed it stop attacking the people that don't believe the narrative allow a debate stop censoring these people and attacking them talk to them have discussions you can continue to go down the hole following we came we saw he died Hillary and all the Russian nonsense or start telling the truth and get young people back
Equating populism (which questions elitism and inequality and the institutions that produce them) with the right (red circles) and defining populism as the political opposite (blue circles) as the Democratic Party establishment is both deeply delusional and a suicidal political strategy.
This is spot on. The Democrats want to placate their voters, not solve their problems. Activists want to make noise, but don’t have the power to really pull strings in DC. I don’t know whether podcasts will move the needle, but I do think that the Democratic establishment has to stop demonizing people who are advocating for new thinking and new blood. Because if they don’t, the party will become irrelevant. Some would argue it already has.
"They say what many people already believe but rarely hear affirmed: that the system is rigged against ordinary people, that activists can be annoying and self-righteous, that most politicians are useless, and that the rich and powerful have far too much control." This is the total truth and we need to be making a lot more noise about it. IMO Bernie was shafted by the Dems, who ignored his large and enthusiastic following to insert a mainstream (read capitalism preservationist) figure like Hillary Clinton as their nominee. Watch them do it again, ignoring AOC and Ro Khanna as well as Bernie, who would never be nominated due to his age this time around. Democratic Socialism, refined by us, as us, and for us is the only viable road forward. Even those rich who are not insanely greedy and power hungry could get behind it. If money alone were their goal, all they'd have to look at was the fact that the founder of IKEA and others like him are plenty wealthy, just more willing to share and play nice. And that's my main point, but I'd like to add one other thing I almost didn't notice in your valuable post: that progressive left-leaning podcasters need to be 'more feminist.' Yo, really? Has any effing anyone failed to notice that over 50% of the population are women? When I'm folding laundry, I'd like to hear someone who has my interests in mind rather than only or predominantly those of my male friends and colleagues. And that don't mean advice about fixing my hair and makeup and how to make sure the floor is always sparkling clean. I want to know what the government will deliver for my kids, the environment, and me. Not necessarily in that order. In case you doubt our interest, get into your time machine and go back to the pussy hat demonstrations. Ok, we're not as worried about being somehow de-feminized as men appear to be about being emasculated, whatever the eff that means. (Okay, role loss and being asked to share power, I actually do get that, but you get my drift.)
Noticing you've only got a list of men, and I'm guessing they are also straight and cisgender. Can you cite other podcasters who are trans, women, etc?
Conclusion negates whole thrust of observations...what's needed is a third, working people's party
100% great insight - what you missed is a that most politicians - higher political operatives have a “business - special interest “ business model paying the bills - “people do not change - unless they have to”
80% politicians are people who had failed law practices /Doctors offices ect —- who got to office to add obscure “add on’s” to bills that - that makes the donors that funded their campaign $$$ …So they are paranoid about anything that will screw up the Racket …Hate anything new… Alt right Podcast funded by special interests as well
Joe Rogan is a mouth piece for the Dana White Crew and UFC … the Russians funded - Rubin & others …
What the Democrats lack is any independent voices when Matt Taibbi author of Insane Clown president doesn't follow the narrative because The narrative was a lie on ivermectin covid our coup in Ukraine now firing on the Kremlin Matt was given the internals at Twitter and discovered censorship all over the place coming from the Democratic party and the White House. So now they call him a trumpster just because he calls out the corruption of the democratic party doesn't mean he's on the right same with many others Joe Rogan was a Bernie supporter wouldn't have Trump on his show CNN painted him green and called him a trumpster and again the least informed crowd out there liberals they believed it stop attacking the people that don't believe the narrative allow a debate stop censoring these people and attacking them talk to them have discussions you can continue to go down the hole following we came we saw he died Hillary and all the Russian nonsense or start telling the truth and get young people back
Equating populism (which questions elitism and inequality and the institutions that produce them) with the right (red circles) and defining populism as the political opposite (blue circles) as the Democratic Party establishment is both deeply delusional and a suicidal political strategy.
I'm curious why you think podcasts would be accessed via Rumble, Spotify, Twitch, Kick, Youtube,
Facebook, Instagram or Tiktok. The internet is a big place, and has an amazing variety of access paths.