I’m at the tail end of GenX, and I have watched the Democrats slide consistently to the right for my entire adult life. They’re basically center-right Reagan-era Republicans who believe in women’s healthcare and LGBT+ human rights. It’s well past time for someone to shift the party leftward.
For fuck’s sake, Dick Cheney was on their side in the last presidential election. That is not normal. It’s not Cheney who changed. The Dems’ entire plan for 20 years has been to move closer to the “center” (as it is perceived in the US), which has meant compromising policy ideals in a bid to appeal to “moderate” (again, as perceived in the US) voters. The effect has been slowly turning the party Republican-Lite.
I disagree with your statement that the DSA is an “insurgency” and that “they’re only here to use the resources that the nameplate can unlock.”
The Tea Party ratcheted Republicans to the right. The DSA could function as the equal and opposite reaction.
I’m at the tail end of GenX, and I have watched the Democrats slide consistently to the right for my entire adult life. They’re basically center-right Reagan-era Republicans who believe in women’s healthcare and LGBT+ human rights. It’s well past time for someone to shift the party leftward.
For fuck’s sake, Dick Cheney was on their side in the last presidential election. That is not normal. It’s not Cheney who changed. The Dems’ entire plan for 20 years has been to move closer to the “center” (as it is perceived in the US), which has meant compromising policy ideals in a bid to appeal to “moderate” (again, as perceived in the US) voters. The effect has been slowly turning the party Republican-Lite.
I disagree with your statement that the DSA is an “insurgency” and that “they’re only here to use the resources that the nameplate can unlock.”
The Tea Party ratcheted Republicans to the right. The DSA could function as the equal and opposite reaction.