04-20-2024, 01:51 PM
(04-20-2024, 11:01 AM)samhain Wrote: All accurate, but I think defaulting to the left to save unions is a dicey proposition. NAFTA was largely supported by dems, although calling them "left wing" is a bit of a stretch. The dorks and gamers out there microdosing toad semen and jerking off to furry videos while simultaneously developing AI tech are also largely left-wing in terms of personal politics. They will do more to hurt unions and working people in the long-term than any MAGA flag-sucker could ever hope to.
The left abandoned workers long ago, and they seem to have little intention of coming back to "save" them. They most certainly want their votes. They will take photos with Shawn Fain to give the appearance of solidarity. In reality, they are just as complicit in the destruction of the middle class as Old Saint Ronnie Ray-Gun.
There's a reason Trump came to power, as much of an abortion as his existence is. I'll always contend that he'd still be making reality shows and having people ghost write books for him if this nation had any desire to keep it's middle class intact over the last 3 decades. I hate the red hats with a passion, but I get why they are mad. They merely chose the wrong messiah. They're fools for choosing any messiah at all, much less one as inept and indifferent as Trump.
I don't disagree at all. I mean, it took no time at all for the Democratic party to start leaving the principles of FDR behind after his passing. After Reagan, they just jettisoned the whole thing and decided to go neo-liberal with their positions. The Overton window kept sliding to the right and now we don't have a genuinely progressive party in this country no matter how much the GOP likes to say it. The Democratic platform is center-right on the global ideological spectrum, though arguments could be made for center. It is definitely not a left-of-center party. But, because of our current system whereby moneyed interests have free reign to influence officials and elected officials get to pretty much choose their constituents through the gerrymandering of elections that only allow a two-party system, well, we're ******.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
