u/JeSuisUnHombre

Yes, and the hard part is getting the establishment to allow them to build that trust and support instead of stifling like the classic American leftist example of Bernie

Relevant xkcd

Specific to elections: provide a principled left wing candidate with a platform that people can hear

For real substantial change: by taking away power from the powerful and giving it to the people

Most people agree with most leftist ideas (at least in theory), they've just been misinformed about what those ideas are and their true practicality

This seems to reinforce the idea of centrism being a losing strategy

>Perhaps the most damning statement came from former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog, who said, “God did the State of Israel a favor that Biden was the president during this period, because it could have been much worse. We fought [in Gaza] for over a year, and the administration never came to us and said, ‘ceasefire now.’ It never did. And that’s not to be taken for granted.”

I think it's important to note that this will kill a great many small businesses.

Larger companies have a larger supply in giant warehouses. Small businesses order smaller quantities more often. They get fucked sooner with the costs going up. If a customer wants to support that small business they sometimes would have to pay twice what they could get it for from a larger company. This is a deep consolidation of wealth.

The USA first needs a serious left wing party for that to be possible.