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In reply to the discussion: When you stay home or vote third party, THIS is what happens. Make a different choice next time. [View all]liberalmike27
(2,479 posts)They're too much in agreement with the Republicans.
I argued with a lot of Hillary supporters that were literally quoting Reagan lines. The Economic message of Democrats v. Republicans has become frighteningly close. It is "the" problem. The Russian stuff is all cover, preventing us from talking about the schism in the Democratic Party. And it will remain, unless we fix it.
I can tell you, I am more frustrated than ever with the Party apparatus, and its unwillingness to change toward the party of old. It never should've adopted this neoliberal nonsense, it should've fought for what is right, not given in to corporate dominance.
Bill Clinton, in running around selling globalization, in effect exported manufacturing, where most of the unions were. Unions were a huge support pillar of the Democratic Party. One in four dollars used to be collected from unions. Due to damage done by Trade Agreements, unions now are only able to contribute one of 32 dollars, their power tremendously decreased. Corporations have taken up that slack, which gives them MORE power. The last thing they need, is more power.
Bill Clinton also set about supporting crime bills, that ended up arresting more of the people that voted nine of ten times for him, the minority voters. He literally felonized the Democratic voters most likely to vote for him.
We've got to realize folks--we need change, big change. And part of that change is not idolizing Clinton, Obama, or Clinton, in seeing their flaws, not gushing about how wonderful they are, how flawless they were.