MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhy are Democrats tarred as elites when the world’s richest man funds Trump?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1875file-text
arrow-up1875external-linkWhy are Democrats tarred as elites when the world’s richest man funds Trump?www.theguardian.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square135fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month ago The Dem party becoming more economically conservative is solely the fault of the people choosing to do what donors want over what Dem voters want… Do not make the mistake of thinking nerds on the Internet represent the Democratic Party rank and file. They like neoliberal economics.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month ago They like neoliberal economics Then why did 08 Obama carry the party and flip red states when all those neo liberals voted R due to the PUMA movement? The neo liberals are not a majority of voters, they just still have a death grip on party leadership positions at the DNC
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month ago Then why did 08 Obama carry the party … because Obama was a moderate neoliberal.
Do not make the mistake of thinking nerds on the Internet represent the Democratic Party rank and file. They like neoliberal economics.
Then why did 08 Obama carry the party and flip red states when all those neo liberals voted R due to the PUMA movement?
The neo liberals are not a majority of voters, they just still have a death grip on party leadership positions at the DNC
… because Obama was a moderate neoliberal.