The problem is that once that positive way starts to gain momentum, those in power will retaliate with violence to suppress and break the movement.

The positive way is organizing a political movement on the spot, since every actually progressive organization was labeled “communist” (synonyms of terrorist), discredited, stunted via infiltration and propaganda implying impotency, and/or had it’s leaders assassinated

So that’s what we’re doing. It’s going better than could be reasonably expected (we find out how well in a couple weeks), but it’s going to take time. This election we’re going from having zero political voice to taking several dozen key seats, and over the next two years we need to leverage these these seats to build public trust that change is possible and overcome a lifetime of propoganda

Burning it all down isn’t really an option. Even if the majority of the population was willing to go that route (and we have not suffered nearly enough for that).

If we achieved it, tens of millions would starve and the federal government would survive. There’s multiple underground shelter systems where a predefined list of “key leadership” can be stashed for like 2 years

We have a “just in time” economy - both food production and food distribution (at each individual level and category of foodstuffs) operate like cartels, and if these megacorps fall cities will begin to starve after about 2 weeks. Our supply lines can’t handle a loud sneeze without snapping, things like COVID or the avian flu caused disruptions that lasted months and have had ongoing effects

In other countries, you could raid the storehouses and organize with the farmers. In ours, the farmers get the chickens from a megacorp, they get the feed from the megacorp, they sell the chickens and eggs to the megacorp. The seeds are bought from a megacorp, the depleted soil requires petro-fertilizers, the “smart” tractors and harvesters can only be maintained with megacorp technicians. Two companies supply almost every institution and restaurant with food, three companies own nearly every grocery chain, two (regional) companies control all the chicken, three control most of the leafy greens, etc

We have independent farmers and farm to table restaurants, but the overwhelming majority passes through monopsonies

Meanwhile, the military is the backup plan for everything. They have contingencies for every apocalypse scenario, including a general uprising or mass starvation, and they all end with “and this is how we restore ‘order’ and reinstall the government”

Every organization exists to perpetuate itself, but the US Federal government is the most resilient organization ever

TLDR: The only real options are a political takeover against the united will of both political parties, or a military coup. We’re trying for the first option

I agree with you about pointless electoralism. But no, I’m not American, I just have a vested interest in what happens there, as do we all.

If you want sweeping changes, you need a majoeity big enough to overcome the filibuster that will vote for that change.

You mean the thing that the Republicans never have before their sweeping changes?

If you only have a simple majority, you need to go through reconciliation which may only be used for budgetary issues, must pass the judgement of the parliamentarian, and the secure at least 51 votes in the senate for the budget to pass, and may only be done twice per congressional period.

Actually, half of that you don’t need. Democrats do stuff all the time without going through that, but only when it’s what their doners want. When it’s the working class that wants it, suddenly they pretend that their hands are tied.

Which still means that we need to vote in as many democrats as possible to achieve reform.

Something that they’ve had plenty of opportunities to do, but keep pretending that they can’t do. Also, why would I want to vote in as many people in a party that fights against things like healthcare for all, or supports genocide, or bombs kids?

Something we have not had anything resembling since Obama’s first term, nearly 20 years ago, under an entirely different political paradigm.

And what did Obama do with it? He screwed over the voters, bombed a bunch of innocent people, gave handouts to his rich friends, and increased spending to the military.

Biden had similar opportunities, and just followed Obama’s playbook.

Ahh yes the republican crafted Healthcare plan formerly known as Romneycare. So glad they fixed Healthcare in america! What a crowning achievement. /s