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Criticize? Get into your local party. Get progressives in as dog catchers, then city council, then mayor, then state legislator, comptroller, a tourney general, then governor, then national representative, senator, then president with a party that will support their agenda.
If progressives are the only ones who win primaries then progressives will be the candidates.
That's absolutely a legitimate path, though you better have a network of like minded folks doing the same thing in at least 30-40 states if you want to succeed at the transition to the national scene. You are also talking about at least a 40-50 year effort.
I also wonder what the plan is to keep this new party from becoming just as corrupt as our other two. Remember that Kyrsten Sinema and John Fetterman both ran as progressives. I'm sure it could be managed to at least some degree, but it would be no easier than cleaning up the Democrats.
You also won't just have to vet your politicians, you will also need to vet your primary voters. You are going to have to recruit them from many of the same crowd that keep voting in the Schumers and Pelosis of the Democratic party.
I've been playing in my head with the idea of trying to create what would amount to almost a new religion, but devoted to shared reality instead of anything supernatural. Get people together once a week for refreshers on how to recognize and push back on all the various psyops the world is plagued with. Kids go to Sunday school to learn about logical fallacies and contemplate ethics and moral questions inside various logical frameworks. It would be a beautiful thing.