I've been here on DU since 2011 officially, but I lurked for a few years before that. I'm a radical.

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44. Radicalism does not go well with democracy.

Radicals are such a small percentage of the overall population that they have no hope of achieving their goal by the democratic process so they must seek to impose their goals upon people and if successful that doesn't result in democracy.

Here in America, if we are living in reality we would know that there are tens of millions of Americans, maybe up to 40% of the population who are conservatives, Trump supporters, who hate anything that even hints of being Liberal. If Democrats, much less radicals, were to take over control of our government, what would we do with them?
Reeducation camps? It's more likely there would be a civil war which usually is not good for democracy either.
But hey, we've got to keep those who are not with the program in line some way, don't we?

I'm 67 and I'm a moderate Democrat, one of those who get disparaged and put-down by the more liberal as being a "DINO" or "Republican Lite".
I've voted for and supported Democrats for 47 years now and will vote for the Democratic Party nominee next year even if it's that guy who is not a Democrat.

So I'm not a radical, never will be. There has to be at least one to break up this mutual admiration thread.