I'm a democrat.

[TheBlackAdder]

11. Stay! This is why it took 140 years for women to vote, 50 more for the CRA, and no ERA.

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The powerful elite control politics, co-opting one group after another to get their way.

As people age, they become more conservative, whether they are Republicans or Democrats.


Unfortunately, the Democratic Party had mutated into a TOP-DOWN organization just like the Republicans.
It is no longer a BOTTOM-UP organization that is shaped and influenced by the base, now the party elite
acts as the gatekeepers and the state and local party bosses maintain control at the regional level.

People bestow the virtues of pragmatism, which is really a Republican tool to maintain conservatism.
The Democratic Party never really embraced pragmatism, especially where they make it part of their platform.

We are seeing a growth of political polarity in this country, and yielding to immovable forces turns the party right.
A third party solution would be extremely difficult to pull of in this country, especially if it threatened both parties,
since the Reps and Dems would both gang up on them to retain their power base. The only way to affect
change is internally, within the Democratic Party--instead of just voting, become politically active.


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