NeoGuin wrote:OK:
"New Progressive"--Basically MoveOn, Act For Change and those types of groups that are using technology to oppose Bush's imperialism, etc.
"Anti-Corporate"--Opposing the growing power of corporations within our government, as well as growth of corporate power worldwide.
Do you mean to say that "New Progressive" is primarily defined by its opposition to Bush? Doesn't seem all that
progressive.
Surely there is more to being a "New Progressive" than opposing Bush on the internet, and, if not, what is the strategy behind this opposition? I'm sure it's a safe bet that it involves something along the lines of "
Shining the light of truth on Bush's imperialistic policies," but what is expected to come from this illumination?
New Progressive operations like MoveOn.org turned their lights on Bush and his administration throughout the recent presidential campaign, but Bush was still re-elected. Are you still nursing the hope that the woods are filled with disaffected liberals who need only be touched by the New Progressive movement to awaken and throw out the GOP scoundrels in 2008?
I commend your tone of optimism and refusal to wallow in defeat, but I just have to wonder what actual signs exist that could reasonably lead anyone to believe that we at some tipping point where the actions of
New Progressives can move the country leftward.
As for Anti-Corporate, again you are promoting opposition rather than progressive movement. What is you anti-corporate goal? To eliminate corporations? To return them to a state of grace once possessed during a prior golden age?
It was almost a cliche, during the election campaign, that Democrats were doomed to lose because they were only
against things and
for nothing. This certainly seems to be the case with your Anti-Corporate New Progressives.
Are you sure you don't simply enjoy being in opposition?
