The way progressives/the most liberal win is by 1) making sure the tent contains enough voters/legislators and 2) educating those inside the tent about the better ideas and solutions progressives might have.
I couldn't agree more, Bob. That's exactly my point. The Democratic Party has been losing voters because the people feel betrayed. And they feel betrayed because they see that the people who run the Democratic Party (those who raise the most money) will prioritize the interest of wealthy donors over theirs. And so all they have, is empty rhetoric. That's why Trump won. He didn't mean most of what he said, but at least he said it.
So, if you want to get more voters, you have to make sure these people at least don't lead the party anymore. I don't think you need to educate Corporate Democrats as much as you need to make clear that if they keep doing what they're doing, they're going to be in trouble and not even their buddies in the Republican Party can help them. The gloves need to come off a bit.
Hillary may have been far from what the far left wanted but wouldn't you rather have her in the White House right now?
I'm not American, so what I want, doesn't count as much. But no, I wouldn't want to have her in the White House, because she's pro-war, pro-fracking, pro-TPP, against single payer, and she's too close to the donor class (and Saudi Arabia, Israel and Russia).
I also don't project myself onto the leader of the free world, or identify with him/her, so I don't care if he/she is a gentleman. I don't care about the personality stuff. I only care about whether the POTUS represents the people or the super-wealthy.
I hate it when idiots like Reagan and the Bushes so blatantly screw over the people, but I hate it even more when pretty faces and smooth talkers like Bill Clinton and Obama do the exact same thing. I believe that as long as Americans (and as a consequence, the rest of the world) let themselves be herded by oligarchs, even if they are benign, we will never be able to solve all the problems the world faces.
I don't believe in the lesser of two evils. It's an unfair and defeatist proposition, and there is no such thing as a lesser evil. Evil is still evil, and wishywashy doesn't cut it when the stakes are too high.
If the ideas are good and informed, and delivered with honesty and passion, you can win. Because reality is on your side, and people see there's something wrong, even though they are being misled and can't quite put their finger on it.
There's a battle going on in the Democratic Party, and we can all influence that (non-Americans included). Do you want Pelosi/Schumer, or do you want Sanders/Warren?