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> We need a sane politics that can win and for that we need to start with a rallying cry

The answer is staring us right in the face.

It’s a catchy slogan and pulling tens of thousands even in deep red MAGA country.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/04/13/fighting-oli...

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-04-12/bernie-san...

"Extraordinary danger"? "Fighting the oligarchy"?

Those can certainly pull tens of thousands of people to the street. But I'm not so sure it's enough to win. See what I said above - materialistic, amoral. I'm afraid that the rallying cry we need must contain an answer to "what's in it for me?" to be a winner.

"Fighting the oligarchy" is the new slogan. "Fighting the deep state" and "Draining the swamp" are the old ones. I see no reason to believe that any of these is more truthful than the others, it's just tail chasing from both ends.

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