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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs the Democratic Party a real force for progress or is it a lesser of evils?
Last edited Mon Dec 23, 2013, 07:20 AM - Edit history (1)
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I believe that the Democratic Party is a real force for progress in America and the world | |
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No, I don't believe the Democratic Party is a real force for progress in America and the world - But it is by far less destructive than the Republican Party | |
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I don't believe that the Democratic Party is either a real force for progress or a lesser of evils. | |
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I realize that the harvesting and making of Pate de Foie Gras involves cruelty to the poor Geese. But it is still incredibly delicious. This has me conflicted. | |
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Is the Democratic Party a real force for progress or is it a lesser of evils? (Original Post)
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2013
OP
I think everyone should bear in mind that Kucinich routinely won these polls.
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2013
#2
say there's a ramp: at the bottom is a LOT of lye; one guy is sliding puppies down it at regular
MisterP
Dec 2013
#4
As long as the Third Way has influence, it's only useful as a force for some social progress.
NuclearDem
Dec 2013
#5
Government can be a force for progress, it is the only mechanism the people possess
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#6
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)1. That depends on how you define "progress."
Tarheel_Dem
(31,245 posts)2. I think everyone should bear in mind that Kucinich routinely won these polls.
FWIW.
riqster
(13,986 posts)3. It CAN be a force for progress.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)4. say there's a ramp: at the bottom is a LOT of lye; one guy is sliding puppies down it at regular
intervals; is the guy keeping the ramp well-oiled a *lesser* evil?
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)5. As long as the Third Way has influence, it's only useful as a force for some social progress.
Otherwise, a party that tolerates NSA apologists and corporate power grabs can't be a true force for progress.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)6. Government can be a force for progress, it is the only mechanism the people possess
to protect themselves from the powerful.
As long as the process depends on money, political parties are merely an avenue to subvert representation of the people.