I hate this stupid vein of “left-wing” media discourse that pretends like the main thing preventing socialism or whatever is that left-wingers aren’t “strategic” enough with the power they have, despite the fact that they have no power.

But as usual, the headline is far worse than the article.

If we on the Left really want to build a popular alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties and the Freedom Caucus, we need to create as much daylight between us and them as possible. Using high-profile leadership fights to draw out the lines of division between us and Democratic leaders is one very appealing tactic for doing so.

Not bad advice, too bad every “left-wing” person in Congress sucks, because they wouldn’t have made it there if they didn’t.

lol “the left” that totally exists in congress

ah i just realized it’s a jacobin article, of course it’s like this

Maybe. But the GOP “rebels” didn’t really want anything substantial from McCarthy and they don’t threaten capitalism in the slightest. On the other hand, the few left-wing Congressmembers playing hardball would get crucified by the mainstream media and by the Dem primary voters. Remember, when a pollster asks a Dem primary voter about good policy, the Dem primary voter will generally be in favor of it - first because they want to look like a good person to the pollster and because they want the Dem party to look good in “Dem primary voters polls” that get published everywhere in mainstream media. But when it comes down to it, they will vote for the Iraq war-supporting neoliberal candidate. And they will do it multiple times in a row!