while american leftists and liberals continue blaming each other and infighting, technocrats and evangelicals are laughing themselves into trillion dollar paydays and climate denialism. what we really need on BOTH sides of the divide, leftist and liberal, is coalition building. most of yall need to reckon with the fact that when it comes to organizing and constructing a majority, you will necessarily have to work with people you do not like. it's not enough to be right or believe yourself right; we actually have to win.
the good thing is we have already bridged this ideological divide before, which is how we ended up with biden in 2020. the bad thing is we have yet to do so beyond elections. leftists need to recognize the fact that, at least domestically, trump actually is worse than the average democrat. liberals need to recognize the fact that they actually need leftists. regardless of the policies they've enacted, democrats have become so unlikable to a wide and crucial swathe of the bloc that they have lost them. and they desperately need to find a way to win them back.
anyway here are some books i've been reading in preparation for the years to come. join a union, start a book club, find your nearest mutual aid org, switch all your comms to signal.
