Webb: Democratic Party has moved 'very far to the left'

[anarch]

10. that is absurd

Everything (except, as I perceive it, the general will of the people...especially the younger generations) has moved so far to the right that many of, say, Richard Nixon's policies would be considered too liberal to even be entertained by the Democratic party today.

Personally, as far as all that's concerned I'd be more aligned with Socialism than even the more-to-the left current Democratic party tenets. I feel that it's almost taboo to even talk about truly socialist ideas--there's literally no place for it in U.S. politics, and centrism has ruled the day for quite some time as far as the Democratic party platform--which I suppose it has to at this point, just from the perspective of realism.

I hope we will get through this desperate attempt by the far-right fascists to hold on to their power in defiance of the will of the people; I think if we do, if this current bunch of cheating, usurping bastards don't pass legislation that further entrenches their illegitimate control over the electoral process, we have a chance to really make some progress in the future--the fascists' pigheaded idiocy and incompetence are on full display...if they don't kill us all or do something to change the rules/destroy the foundations of the democratic process entirely, demographic changes over the next few generations will make them irrelevant. They are not the majority! At all!

Maybe someday things will shift, but for now there isn't any relevant (or even especially noticeable) "very far to the left" voice in American politics. Even the most liberal of liberals seem pretty well in line with capitalist norms to me.