because yes warren is progressive

this should be the takeaway
we clearly have a lot of work to do at the grassroots level
i am waiting to see the youth voter turn out - but if we cant get young people
to come out and vote for the very issues that directly affect them
then we are shit out of luck when it comes to older folk who want to protect their retirement money, tax breaks and way of living
this is not even about any single candidate right now
its about the fact that even though we are offering policies that *should* improve the life and wellbeing of most people
this message is not getting through
to me it's a credit to republicans - they have played a longer game than we have
they have solidly controlled the narrative (i mean... lets go beyond fox news and talk about radio, newspapers (sheldon) etc
lets talk about institutions - down to what schools can and should teach, they just sewed up the judiciary,
how we conflate military spending with patriotism
the fact that its only social welfare that needs to be budgeted for/accounted for etc
lets talk about the notions of morality and ethics and rights -
it feels as though even amongst us we are buying into a very narrow view of what society can and should look like (bootstraps, limited welfare state, low taxes etc)

i think that's my take away in all this.
how can we start to shift the narrative?
and it falls on all of us who want to see *something* different
its not a presidential cycle game... its really taking the longer-term approach
id love to see that happen.

otherwise?
*shrug*