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In reply to the discussion: We Need A Class Consciousness Revival [View all]eniwetok
(1,629 posts)"I think the Dems have been dragged too far into the realm of identity politics by some of the groups in the Dem coalition. Yes, there will always be a need to recognize some legitimate issues of identity repression, but I believe economics is a more universal issue to unite the masses... and Dems have forgotten this lesson."
I was saying that too many Dems were lost in identity politics to the exclusion of more basic economic issues. I said there was a place for both.
I look forward to reading your posts where you told that to those who were critical of my OP... some to the point of irrationality, that there needs to be more emphasis on economic.
As I wrote elsewhere, Dems have to pick their fights in a way that can drag back perhaps 4-5% of GOPers who seem to believe Trump has the interest of workers at heart. What really bothers me is that so many liberal Dems are so lost in micro issues like trans bathrooms that they lose sight of those huge issues like economics and if someone merely suggests a reevaluation they go ballistic babbling about civil rights even while they are BLIND to the simple civil right that each citizen's vote should weigh the same. It's the LACK of that right that has given us the Bush and Trump Juntas... and now a GOP Senate where Dem senators represent 33 million more people. Antidemocratic government... one where those who represent a MINORITY rule over the majority, IS ALSO A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. So is that our generation not be stealing money from future generations so we can party at their expense. So is grotesque wealth inequality because the Right has gamed an antidemocratic system.