It's fantastic. But talk about a great band/album at the wrong time. I was listening to FMAJ the other day and my son said "Who is this? This is great!" and I told him and he was like, "Never heard of them." It's a shame.
Indeed. I liked grunge music, especially Soundgarden and Alice in chains. But it's unfortunate that grunge basically wiped out so many great bands from the '80s.
As a life long democratic voter, I am pretty certain that if left to choose between the Democratic Party defined by David Hogg and JD’s post Trump GOP, I will find myself, for the first time ever, voting for the GOP
David Hogg is not a person that folks can rally around. Also true for AOC
Thanks for your excellent comments. This is the second time in two days I've read substack authors talk about the civil war within the Democratic party. It's easy to see Hogg's progressive battle inside the party. Is the big tent battle more strategically underground within the party? Or is it afraid to publicly reform? That would lead to consensus, internally vetted messaging, platform and strategy that resonates with maybe 70% of Americans. And will lead to candidates who can be genuine in front of disparate audiences.
I called it a Civil War and that's what it is being referred to as but it's really an internal fight over what direction to go. Its the Practical/Election focused moderates (who also tend to be gnerationally older) vrs the ideologically driven youth. Moderates are always measured, and a little apathetic to big changes, while ideologues are where the energy always is. These kinds of scuffles occur every couple decades or so (generationally) but play huge roles. For instance, you bring up David Hogg-- he's spending money on primarying Democrats to get a younger, more ideological party, when most recognize the money is better spent broadening the tent and using it against Republicans. This cycle should be a good year for Dems, so people are wondering what Hogg is doing because his actions seem antithetical to that. Every Dem that has to spend money in a primary is weaker because of it; and if a more liberal candidate wins in a moderate district, that's a winnable seat that now can go in the loss column. There's always a balance between ideals and practicality, and right now in the Democratic Party, they don't know where that right balance is yet. This is where a strong party leader can make all the difference in the world, but that's currently lacking in the Democratic Party.
I think part of Hogg's goal with primaries is to reduce the amount of corporate capture in the party. Both parties are mostly owned by big businesses campaign donors. That has damaged the Dem brand and driven away the working class.
Ideals and practicality, what a traditional balancing formula - add this cycle's intense level of "necessity" to this internal fight and maybe something transformative will happen. Would the idealists and the practical politicians figure out what each of them offer that will rise to today's national necessity? They will finally show us remarkable measures of economic, societal and personal progress and accountability. Looking for leadership.
Mechanical Resonance is still their best album 😉
It's fantastic. But talk about a great band/album at the wrong time. I was listening to FMAJ the other day and my son said "Who is this? This is great!" and I told him and he was like, "Never heard of them." It's a shame.
Indeed. I liked grunge music, especially Soundgarden and Alice in chains. But it's unfortunate that grunge basically wiped out so many great bands from the '80s.
Anyway, another great sub stack post. Thank you!
As a life long democratic voter, I am pretty certain that if left to choose between the Democratic Party defined by David Hogg and JD’s post Trump GOP, I will find myself, for the first time ever, voting for the GOP
David Hogg is not a person that folks can rally around. Also true for AOC
Thanks for your excellent comments. This is the second time in two days I've read substack authors talk about the civil war within the Democratic party. It's easy to see Hogg's progressive battle inside the party. Is the big tent battle more strategically underground within the party? Or is it afraid to publicly reform? That would lead to consensus, internally vetted messaging, platform and strategy that resonates with maybe 70% of Americans. And will lead to candidates who can be genuine in front of disparate audiences.
I called it a Civil War and that's what it is being referred to as but it's really an internal fight over what direction to go. Its the Practical/Election focused moderates (who also tend to be gnerationally older) vrs the ideologically driven youth. Moderates are always measured, and a little apathetic to big changes, while ideologues are where the energy always is. These kinds of scuffles occur every couple decades or so (generationally) but play huge roles. For instance, you bring up David Hogg-- he's spending money on primarying Democrats to get a younger, more ideological party, when most recognize the money is better spent broadening the tent and using it against Republicans. This cycle should be a good year for Dems, so people are wondering what Hogg is doing because his actions seem antithetical to that. Every Dem that has to spend money in a primary is weaker because of it; and if a more liberal candidate wins in a moderate district, that's a winnable seat that now can go in the loss column. There's always a balance between ideals and practicality, and right now in the Democratic Party, they don't know where that right balance is yet. This is where a strong party leader can make all the difference in the world, but that's currently lacking in the Democratic Party.
I think part of Hogg's goal with primaries is to reduce the amount of corporate capture in the party. Both parties are mostly owned by big businesses campaign donors. That has damaged the Dem brand and driven away the working class.
Ideals and practicality, what a traditional balancing formula - add this cycle's intense level of "necessity" to this internal fight and maybe something transformative will happen. Would the idealists and the practical politicians figure out what each of them offer that will rise to today's national necessity? They will finally show us remarkable measures of economic, societal and personal progress and accountability. Looking for leadership.