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“They want us to spend money, and for what? For no message, no organization, no forward thinking. … The thing that’s clear to a lot of us is that the party never really learned its lesson in 2016. They worked off the same playbook and the same ineffective strategies and to what end?”

  • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
    18·
    4 days ago

    They basically said in the article that they’re not going to change strategies, insinuating that donors are just “fatigued”, and will come around:

    Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons said donors will also gravitate back to the fold organically, when they see Trump increasingly hostile to progressive values. But for now, Simmons said, the donors are still grappling with the aftermath of an emotional and tumultuous campaign.

    “For a lot of Democrats, it’s like we had a heartbreak and one way to deal with heartbreak is to curl up on your couch and eat ice cream,” he said. “But one way that will help them get over the heartbreak is how infuriating the new guy is.”

    • elfpie@beehaw.org
      18·
      4 days ago

      Is it just me or does this really look like an extortion scam? “We’ll protect you if you give us money.” They don’t, obviously, because they need the threat to still be real.

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        17·
        4 days ago

        Oh it’s not just extortion, it’s abusive.

        “We know that Trump and their administration are abusive and will kill people, but that’s why you have to accept us as we are without us needing to change one iota, because we’re not quite as abusive.” That sounds like an abusive controlling partner to me. “If you don’t do things my way, I’ll let really bad things happen to you.”

      • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
        13·
        4 days ago

        Yes, absolutely, but to be fair I don’t think they understand that. I think that most of these neolib centrists truly think they are the bulwark against fascism, and that the second you use any other means of resistance than appealing to economic/business interests, you have somehow abandoned Capitalism morality.

        When money drives everything they do, this kind of exploitative relationship just looks to them like a social contract.

      • immutable@lemm.ee
        6·
        4 days ago

        At least in an extortion scam you get to keep your store from being burnt down by the mob.

        It’s an extortion scam coupled with a party that fucking refused to do anything.

        Vote for us or a women’s right to choose will be gone!!! Ok we voted for you, you want to do something… no you can’t just ask the lady living her life like a chapter of the handmaids tale to pinky swear… and the Supreme Court just got rid of it… and I have a text asking for $20 to fight like hell…

        Fuck the dems. They aren’t getting one red cent from me. Time for a new party that isnt crawling with consultants figuring out how best to milk donations