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‘Voters are fed up’: Michigan primary forces Democratic party to accept leftwing shift
(www.theguardian.com)
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This man thinks that his Clinton neoliberal ideas are only not selling because of communication issues. Absolutely delusional.
A quick list of things that are undemocratic:
Another quick list of things that are clearly broken and problematic:
Oh look, all of the things that he says are bastions of democracy are either inherently undemocratic or in major need of reforms.
I don't want to save capitalism. It sucks to be living in this unfettered capitalist hellscape, even if it is better that like...Sudan right now. Israel is supported because it's a "bastion of democracy (read: capitalism) in the Middle East", and look what's happening because of it.
Is it? The milquetoast moderately conservative program of the Clinton-Obama-Biden-era Democrats is still overwhelmingly superior for the overwhelming majority, compared to the alternative. Insofar they are not winning every election by a landslide, it's because people have been indoctrinated by pro-GOP and hatemongering propaganda. It's not obvious at all that better policy proposals will win them elections if this root of the problem isn't tackled.
Precisely this. We must fight against the true root of the problem: The oligarchs who have pushed fascism so they can continue to line their pocketbooks and make number go up.
They will continue to fund propaganda that convinces people to vote against their own self-interest our of fear and hate for made up bogie monsters.
Well the thing is that for most of the oligarchs, the Democrats (whose mainstream policies are highly pro-business) are the better option as well. However, oligarchs tend to be just as stupid as the average person, and they end up both drinking the Kool-Aid and pushing it themselves, like an ouroboros of hate.