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In reply to the discussion: Our future is center-left not far-left. The business community and DLC, not OWS [View all]union_maid
(3,502 posts)I have lost all tolerance for a left that will throw moderate dems aside while waiting for something more perfect. But it sure seems to me that OWS fueled a whole new level of public discourse on the subject of economic inequality. The movement of wealth upward has been going on for decades, but it took OWS to get it on TV and on the radar of people who don't normally follow political discussion but do vote.
As to demonizing business - well, times have changed since the early 90's and the Democrats were known as anti-business and that was a bad thing. As a matter of practicality, of course Dems in government want American business to succeed. The best Dems want to make it easier for them to succeed if they provide good jobs to Americans and harder if they don't. But let's not forget that the Wall Street community has pretty much demonized itself. It has downsized, "rightsized", outsourced and offshored. It has demanded less and less regulation to the point where a business is hard put to be a responsible corporate citizen and still be competitive. And while all this is going on, corporate profits have soared. It is really, really hard not to hate them.