I was sobered to see some of the details of the revised DSA platform.

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115. I completely agree with you on the principle: the profit motive has absolutely no place in prisons or healthcare.

And whether anyone wants to publicly admit it or not, I think it's important to point out that mainstream Democrats have fought to end federal private prison contracts and lower healthcare costs for years.

The issue isn't that Democrats offer "empty words." The issue is the brutal legislative math. Here's the thing: We simply do not have the majorities required to snap our fingers and pass these bills.

Every single piece of progress (from capping insulin costs to regulating corporate greed) faces total, unified Republican obstruction and the filibuster.

When Democrats do get even a razor-thin window of power, they deliver. The Inflation Reduction Act capping senior insulin at $35 and letting Medicare negotiate drug prices is proof of tangible action, not empty rhetoric.

Look, I get it... frustration with the pace of change is completely justified. But that slow pace is caused by a broken, obstructionist system, not a lack of Democratic will.

We don't fix the system by running on radical branding that keeps Republicans in power. We fix it by electing enough mainstream Democrats to actually pass the bills we both want. And that will never happen when people continually blame the Democrats for things that are not our fault. When Democrats are denigrated and demonized and continually accused of being "corrupt" or "just the same as" Republicans... it only serves to suppress the vote.

Winning is everything.