What I dont understand are those people that call themselves Democrats (The Third Way, DLC, Conserva-Dems, etc) that willing to maintain the status quo and continue to watch the wealth gap widen.
They do it because they are moderate Republicans.
Their problem is moderate Republicans were driven out of that party by the crazy Republicans. So they needed a new home, and settled into the right end of the Democratic party.
Democratic party officials saw an opportunity to get more votes, and have tried to be everything to everyone - "get these moderate Republicans as well as the liberal Democrats and we will never lose!!!"
Problem is you can never be all things to all people.
At this point, there's going to be a realignment. The Republican party appears to have wandered off into permanent insanity, so they will go the way of the Whigs. The Democratic party can't be all things to all people, so they'll fracture in half. One end will settle into roughly where the party was in the 1950s-1970s - supporting labor, civil rights, etc. The other end will settle into roughly where the Republican party was in the 1950s-1970s.
We just don't know which half will end up with the name "Democratic party".
That they're better than the Tea Party is a trick. Dont fall for it. Support progressive Democrats.
In primary elections. In general elections, vote for the Democrat, holding your nose if necessary. Then vote them out in the next primary.
This is exactly how the crazy Republicans dragged the Republican party to the right. We can use the same tactic to drag the Democratic party to the left.
Refusing to vote for the DLCer in the general results in the party giving up on you, and that sends the party to the right as they try to replace your vote with votes from moderate Republicans. We need to fix the party in the primaries.
No good primary candidate? Then run. You don't have to win to turn the party. You just have to make them start worrying about their left flank.
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