@BenRossTransit yet in practice, if there’s not a norm of competitive primaries, it’s not the “bad actors” who mostly get “attacked”, but assertive social democrats. AOC always faces challengers, they will always be funded. that’s where the money is. Josh Gottheimer not so much. voters are only permitted meaningful democracy (not an “attack”!) when it gives them the option to kick out a social democrat. seems like a terrible status quo!

@BenRossTransit if the world you suggest were in fact practical, betrayers of social democratic values get primaried in the ostensibly social democratic party, social democrats enjoy greater security, i’d be open to it. but is there any world in which that actually happens? i think it more plausible we primary everybody than that, because the money will primary social democrats anyway.