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In reply to the discussion: AOC: Why do we listen to people who lost elections as if they are experts in winning elections? [View all]Jspur
(593 posts)15 dollar minimum wage but when a Democrat tries to introduce these type of policies immediately they are branded as socialist. My theory is if a republican ran on these polices that it would not be seen as socialism. Look at the ACA and how they have screamed it is socialism when it was actually a policy the GOP came up with during the 90's but because Obama passed it is now seen as socialism. I'm just convinced these people will always label anything a democrat does as socialism. I know this sounds unpopular among some in here but I believe AOC,Bernie would lose by the same margins as Biden did in these red states because all Democrats are now socialists in 21st century America in the eyes of republicans. I say this because even when a democrat passes a right leaning policy that policy is branded as socialism. I can say this that the solution is not to keep going more to the right to win these people over because they will never be satisfied. I wish there was a way to fix this but I don't see any solution in the short term.