The Senate vote comes amidst a full-scale rampage by the Trump administration against the working class and democratic rights.
The Senate vote comes amidst a full-scale rampage by the Trump administration against the working class and democratic rights.
Say, for example, someone started a “Socialist” party. Running mainly on domestic issues such as worker’s rights, proportional taxation, rescinding the idea that corporations are people in the eyes of the law. But WITHOUT a clear stance on culture war baggage such as trans rights, DEI related talking points and “wokeness”. Those would be considered state issues and not a domain for the federal government since it distracts from actual geopolitical issues such as wars and climate change catastrophe mitigation.
Would anyone be interested in that? Basically a party that focuses on issues in a similar way AOC does. Socialist, but not communist as I consider the US constitution and the right of elections untouchable. Liberal-socialist, in a way.
No I would not be interested in that at all. I don’t need a third party that’s not standing up for basic civil rights for all Americans.
Sounds like you’re describing social democracy. They push for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Exactly. Social-democracy is the way forward, I just wish there was a party that would focus on restoring the rules based order and general personal liberties, without getting baited into endless culture wars on hyperspecific topics like trans rights by conservatives. I figure saying this is unpopular on very liberal skewing platforms such as here, but I consider this a huge reason why the middle has largely abandoned Democrats. Feels like Democrats lost the plot and now everything else with it.
I thought Sanders did a good job of framing things around broad, working class issues that most people can get behind while still including minority groups without making that the entire focus. The Democrats’ shift toward hyper specific cultural battles seems to have cost them a lot of the middle.