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In reply to the discussion: So can we get rid of the stupid "progressive vs establishment" false dichotomy now? [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)"Some people seem to absolutely want everybody to have a decent life and their basic needs met, but don't begrudge a system that makes multi-billionaires"
I'm going to make a leap here...
Your thinking is the kind I've heard by others who also want Democrats to end capitalism or upend the current economic system.
Democrats impose regulations, Republicans don't. Democrats have risked this even when facing electoral losses. Republicans have success with their anti-regulation pro-capitalist rhetoric because they tap into the hyper-individualism of the American mind which hates Government and taxes. It's dumb, but like taxation, Regulation and "government" are things which inspire revulsion among many - not just hate but revulsion, I mean there was even a damn riot over taxes which birthed America. This is part of the fabric of American History, it's the American reptilian brain.
And apparently, it's not enough that the Democratic party has moved to the left. I am sometimes told that all along the Democratic Party could have ended a system which makes people multibillionaires and chose not to....apparently, a political party can do that in America.
These criticisms point to people thinking that the Democratic Party is the only party with agency in America - kind of like the thinking that Chuck Schumer could prevent Kavanaugh by using special unicorn pixie dust and shouting real loud. There's zero understanding among those who think like this that in politics there are countervailing forces and other entities which impose their own will. It's their weird reconfiguration of reality which I struggle to take seriously.