 There is an enormous amount of money that goes into right-wing messaging. One of the main problems that the left has is that the funders, the foundations with progressive politics, and let's talk about the problem of foundations in a second, but progressive foundations are committed also to providing services. So neoliberalism has stripped the state of its progressive social welfare capacities and into the gap, step progressive foundations, funding these programs, etc., etc. So our side, as it were, doesn't spend as much on ideas and messaging, partly because it's also busy trying to like put band-aids on the wounds of the neoliberal economy. We have to be very honest about the serious limitations of any kind of movement that's going to challenge capitalism that is also paid for by the fortunes of the main original capitalist families of this country and their extractive industries. I think it is actually possible to criticize capitalism, you throw off a critical comment, but you know what is really lacking is explanation, like let's think seriously about this, let's have a sustained ongoing discourse about the political economy of this global system. That is, you know, you're not going to get much funding for that from progressive foundations. And so that's something we have to think about, like I mean the real serious limits to having a movement that goes to Rockefeller and Ford, I mean for its sustenance, I mean that's one of the main limitations that the American left faces. I think organized labor could really take the struggle around ideas much more seriously and invest in ideas, but organized labor is tragically addicted to the Democratic Party and flushes millions and millions of dollars down the drain in the form of funding Democratic Party elections. An organization that has members who pay dues, has more independence, look at green peace compared to the big green groups that aren't as dependent on members, gives them an autonomy. Membership-based organizations are a key feature of how a healthy progressive movement is to function.