It's time for Democrats to stop being afraid of being called "socialist" [View all]

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The aughts are over. Republicans have gone from saying "get big government off our backs" to talking about overthrowing the "woke oligarchy" and "sticking it to the Wall Street elites" and the treasury secretary is talking about how Trump is for main street and no Wall Street. I see this type of language on Facebook and the Charlie Kirk show (had to listen to that while taking my dad to an out-of-town for a doctor's appointment). If Democrats said some of this stuff 20 years ago they'd be called Marxists.

And I know some will say "people should be able to see through this" but it's not that simple. You can't expect people who aren't political junkies to know everything you know about politics, especially in an environment where the legacy media is more interesting in calling an equal number of fouls for team Republican and team Democrat instead of just going by the rules.

Remember that 3 states (Nevada, Wisconsin, and Michigan) that voted for Trump also sent Democratic women to the senate while some want to put all the blame on sexism. I think it's delusional to not pretend like *some* Trump voters voted for him based on the economy and not some white or male identitarian grievance. These are the types of voters that can be won back by leaning in hard on economic populism.