The reason that the brigade has failed to change the Democratic Party is that they are openly and unrepentantly hostile to liberals, moderates, and even other progressives. You can’t set up an opposition party *within* the party and not expect firm resistance from its leaders.

A quick way to lose all political capital within an organization is to call its most popular figure in thirty years a fucking war criminal. Doesn’t matter if you think it’s true; if your agenda is to enter an organization and change it, use some tact and guile, for fuck’s sake.

In contrast, see: Yang, Andrew. His goal is to actually set the party agenda going forward, and to do so he is ingratiating himself with the party leadership. Yang intends to work his way to the control room and throw the fucking switch.

I can hear it now: “the party will never allow it”, blah blah blah. If you’re taking your advice from Jimmy Dore on this, I’ll politely suggest that you ask yourself what meaningful change Dore and his ilk have actually made. They are professional complainers. It’s a grift.

The DNC isn’t made up of malevolent, all-powerful conspirators. It’s made up of people: some cynical, many well-intentioned. If you understand how people think, you can influence them. With patience, cleverness, and yes, kindness, we can set the 21st century agenda. #YangGang