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You should interpret "not being able to posit your idea" as your idea losing so hard in the marketplace that people refuse to even consider it.

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The right is winning elections and your side is not. Maybe consider stop being alienating liberals long enough to build a coalition that wins elections?

Eventually the Democrats are going to recognize that hardline "if you're not with us, you're against us" progressives are costing more votes than they're worth and show them the door.

The "if you're not with us, you're against us" mentality is exactly what won the current administration. People like the image of a strong man with his own opinions. Democrats have been retreating to the center on nearly every policy position, and it clearly isn't working.

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