Reply #7: The Democratic Party itself is tearing down liberals.

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They toy with liberals in ways that constantly get their hopes up only to dash them again on so many different issues.

It's really something to behold, and I do believe it is deliberate.

They are purposefully attempting to create learned helplessness within the liberal flank. It's not just the Republicans. It's the corporatist strategy from both parties.

It hasn't and will not work with a lot of us, but it has helped many "pragmatists" believe that it will never be possible to adopt liberal legislation and because of this they have currently won. I just hope a strong liberal movement emerges from the ashes of what has clearly happened to the Democratic Party.