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Start a new political party, the 'American Progressive Majority'. (i.redd.it)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Time to break free of traditional political ideological labeling and divisions. Time to abandon old, divisive sociopolitical labels like "liberal" and "conservative".

A new political party based on a vastly, commonly held virtures lends itself to embrace over 66% of Americans, and it clearly embraces progressive principled thinking. In the most ideal American sense of unity, a political party should not be able to be defined or placed as "to the left" or "to the right" of where the Democratic or Republican parties currently are. Just let it exist organically based on present-day principled thinking. The American Progressive Majority.

Originally Posted By u/Atlanticbboy At 2025-03-23 04:38:18 AM | Source

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Democracy seems to be broken in the US if this is true

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This is by design, the US election system was built to prevent "tyranny of the majority". Which makes sense in theory, but it would make more sense if it was also backed by a government structure like a parliamentary republic with proportional representation instead of a presidential republic.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maybe more of us should own guns right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I got some. I’m not good with letting those ghouls be the only armed ones

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

If that's true why did the majority let the minority lead the way, are they dumb?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (9 children)

I agree with every single one of those except for the taking away my guns part. The second amendment is vitally important for the exact reason of what we are going through right now: the overtaking of the US government by oppressive fascists.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (9 children)

I mean realistically what is you owning a gun gonna do against a drone strike or whatever other tech the military has? The only way a revolution happens in the modern day is if the military lets it. I can definitely see the value in guns for protection against paramilitary groups trying to go after people but beyond that guns aren't gonna stop the US government from doing fascist stuff if the military is on their side.

Edit: Also at a certain point if you're actively fighting and resisting against the government getting access to guns even if they are illegal isn't gonna be the biggest problem you have.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

I mean realistically what is you owning a gun gonna do against a drone strike or whatever other tech the military has?

All of that tech is reliant on logistics. People in trucks, moving stuff from where it is, to where it will be used.

With guns, that logistics network is vulnerable.

The Russians spent 10 years fighting Afghan resistance, and lost. The US spent 20 years fighting Afghan resistance, and lost. The American civilian populace is much better equipped than Afghani fighters ever were. Any forceful defeat of the American populace will require civil disarmament.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Drop the anti-gun arguments; they aren't based on reality.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Aside from everything else, only 55% want universal healthcare and only 76% want higher minimum wages? That seems surprisingly low. I would think that everyone would want higher wages - starting from the lowest paid...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Only 69% support same sex marriage? That seems low.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Meh, I'm guessing there already is some small party that ticks all those boxes. I'm guessing independents, or some random party could win certain local races if the Dem and Rep are both very unpopular, and the media gives them air time (that may be hard). Unfortunately, I don't think the next presidential election will be valid election, and I don't think the state-level elections in red states will be valid either. Having other parties can be useful for getting messaging out (again, if the media gives them air-time), but the country looks like it's going full fascist, which will probably need mass direct action, or war, to unseat.

[–] phoenixz 1 points 3 days ago

If there are so many people thinking this way, then where are they? Where are the mass protests about rights being trampled, services being taken away and converted into money for the rich?

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