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24. Not true

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:32 PM

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Clearly, If progressives were the base and philosophy of the DNC the campaign and election landscape would reflect a resistant, oppositional force we have not seen. Where is all this overt, progressive backlash we need rather than the villainizing we see from within the party portraying progressives as too extreme, far-left and untenable?

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He Predicted America's Crisis Sixteen Years Ago, to the Year. His Database Says It Ends Three Ways. [View all] Dem_in_Nebr. Yesterday OP

Read the whole piece, y'all. K&R ms liberty Yesterday #1

You just gave me my first K&R! Dem_in_Nebr. Yesterday #2

K&R again! erronis Yesterday #9

Dayum! GPV Yesterday #3

Damn thats a good read. N/t gay texan Yesterday #4

Kick for later Unwind Your Mind Yesterday #5

Highly Recommended La Coliniere Yesterday #6

I KNEW My Allusions to 1789 Were More Truth Than.... ColoringFool Yesterday #7

You can just use pen and paper this time BaronChocula Yesterday #37

Ha! I very much dislike knitting! Clickety-click, clickety-click.......! ColoringFool Yesterday #62

Random related thought BaronChocula Yesterday #75

I ain't no Spring chicken! ColoringFool 20 hrs ago #80

Excusez-moi moi, mais. . . Mme. Defarge Yesterday #68

Turchin's article needs to be read by everyone. KS Toronado Yesterday #8

Excellent analysis dlk Yesterday #10

Bookmarked and Recommended CoopersDad Yesterday #11

Unfortunately angrychair Yesterday #12

"The greatest enemy of the United States, as far as both sides of Congress are concerned, is progressives." LymphocyteLover Yesterday #16

Congress has become a path to unlimited wealth angrychair Yesterday #20

who is "they" that will do anything to stop them? LymphocyteLover 11 hrs ago #83

Not true relogic Yesterday #24

Well said! DemocracyForever Yesterday #28

Democrats are a diverse coalition party and progressives are an important part of that coalition but are not the base LymphocyteLover 11 hrs ago #81

What? yardwork Yesterday #73

The article is very interesting Klondike Kat Yesterday #13

Ok then dweller Yesterday #14

Ditto! Alice B. Yesterday #15

Sooo...like Asimov's Psychohistory progressoid Yesterday #17

are there any fictional characters more relevant to 2026 usa rampartd Yesterday #32

The Mule was sterile, unfortunately our mule is/was not... Wounded Bear Yesterday #39

another asimov concept is the laws of robotics rampartd Yesterday #52

Yes --- Monkey D Luffy Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates in One Piece JT45242 Yesterday #50

i'll have to find that one. rampartd Yesterday #51

Well worth everyone's time to read... Silver Gaia Yesterday #18

Brilliant! GiqueCee Yesterday #19

He's talking about Roosevelt's New Deal ... that's the third ending FakeNoose Yesterday #21

Highly recommended democrank Yesterday #22

Here's an important paragraph Bobstandard Yesterday #23

But that makes 195% of societies' outcomes Farmer-Rick Yesterday #69

Kick ybbor Yesterday #25

I have always loved reading history. Snackshack Yesterday #26

A must-read article. Talitha Yesterday #27

Bush vs Gore started this nightmare DemocracyForever Yesterday #29

I could not agree more. hamsterjill Yesterday #54

Exactly! And then, within no time at all, came the Homeland Security Bill... BComplex Yesterday #64

There's a wild card this time, and that's generative AI and the surveillance AND DISTRACTIONS it offers. highplainsdem Yesterday #30

The writer and historian Morris Berman... keep_left Yesterday #31

Great article jmbar2 Yesterday #33

Thank you. This is consistent with a book I've been meaning to read, but is still far back in my schedule... NNadir Yesterday #34

Thank you for this post Dem_in_Nebr., and the link to Substack. I also subscibed. c-rational Yesterday #35

Bookmarking to read later. Thank you for sharing this - looks interesting. yellow dahlia Yesterday #36

The one difference is technology and the world economy Buckeyeblue Yesterday #38

Yes, and the impact of AI will be devastating in an Oligarchy that doesn't care if the masses suffer. Doodley 21 hrs ago #77

Wow, read the entire link. I see the bottom line as the powerful's continued use of the "Divide And Conquer" method. Exp Yesterday #40

who do you think is doing the organizing? NJCher Yesterday #47

I agree with you:: Exp Yesterday #48

Excellent article Wild blueberry Yesterday #41

Way worth reading. Another Jackalope Yesterday #42

Hhmm...wonder if the writer meant 1860, not 1870. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #43

The dates were a little odd, I agree. yardwork 11 hrs ago #82

As a person who did computer modelling of animals while in myPhD program 31j20b3 Yesterday #44

Cliodynamics has done better while I wasn't watching 4dog Yesterday #65

There is no scientific database that can predict history JCMach1 Yesterday #45

Generations by Strauss and Howe Deminpenn Yesterday #46

I've been collecting these cyclical interpreters. Have a whole file of them. NJCher Yesterday #49

Agreed, this fits very closely with "The Fourth Turning" LR3 Yesterday #57

The Fourth Turning is actually by at least one of "Generations" authors Deminpenn Yesterday #63

Which is historiography and not scientific at all... JCMach1 10 hrs ago #84

A great read revealing math based confirmation B.See Yesterday #53

"May you live in interesting times." is all the heads up I needed. OC375 Yesterday #55

We Missed An Off Ramp in 2008 modrepub Yesterday #56

Bookmarked for later read. GoodRaisin Yesterday #58

Read, kick, Rec malaise Yesterday #59

K&R. Excellent article... renordgren Yesterday #60

Sheesh! FINALLY got to this. calimary Yesterday #61

I did, too, 21 years ago and I posted it on DU. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #66

We need the return of the FDR era Clouds Passing Yesterday #67

🤔 who was the President some thought would be the next FDR ? dweller Yesterday #70

Biden's policies were the closest to FDR. yardwork Yesterday #74

FORMIDABLE! Mme. Defarge Yesterday #71

One of the best things I've read in a long time. yardwork Yesterday #72

KNR and bookmarking. niyad 21 hrs ago #76

K&R red dog 1 21 hrs ago #78

Karl Marx predicted this in 1867. BlueTsunami2018 20 hrs ago #79