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In reply to the discussion: We are in a war for our lives. The war is between the 1% elite and the 99%. You are hopelessly [View all]AdHocSolver
(2,561 posts)The progressives that you mentioned for president could never get elected, and at best, they would be figureheads fronting for the real power brokers.
Moreover, we have not had thirty years of centrist rule. We have had centrist-appearing administrations who were doing the bidding of the far right and, at best, promoting a rearguard action against the extreme right wing agenda.
FDR's agenda was to save capitalism by defusing a desperate population that had nothing more to lose after the economic collapse and would be ripe for engaging in a massive rebellion.
The New Deal wasn't progressive. It was centrist and designed to prevent the collapse of the existing economic and political order.
Essentially, Roosevelt was acting to prevent another Civil War.
Forget judging where the power lies by the amount of money these people have. The power lies with those who can push through their agenda, and the evidence suggests that the power is currently held by the far right.
Time is running out. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. To solve a problem, one first has to understand what the problem is and then devise a viable solution that can fix it.