We just fucking cannibalize each other fucking ourselves over and over.

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As usual, your post is in line with my thinking. I think it's going to be ALL about the messaging, and even more so, how the Democrats counter the label that Trump, et al are working hard to assign.

Dems are going to need to, more than ever before, fight the name calling and present programs and changes and benefits that contrast what Republicans will be spouting.

We don't need to be labeled "socialists" in any way, shape, form or fashion. We need to be labeled as responsible progressives who above all else want individuals to have freedoms. Democrats need to SHOW voters what their tax dollars can do when those tax dollars are NOT used to coddle billionaires. It's going to need to get personal.

For example, as a senior, I benefitted from the extra $6k that Trump's "big ugly bill" provided for taxes. Dems need to offer specific ideas and programs that show that THEY can do those types of things better than Republicans. How can they help the individual, working class American.

Then, when and if we are ever in power again, Democrats need to be ruthless in fixing the system so that something like Trump can never, ever happen again.