With any luck it is toast. It will never deserve the trust of rhe working class. It's not, never has been, and never will be a working class party. And that's not even the same debate as "should we vote for it".
Comradely, John On Sat, 23 Nov 2024, 17:12 Charles Keener via groups.io, <ckeener20005= [email protected]> wrote: > Opinion | The Democratic Party Is Toast If It Doesn’t Earn Back the Trust > of the Working Class | Common Dreams > <https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/democratic-party-working-class> > > By circling the wagons to defeat Sanders (twice), the Democratic Party > establishment imagined it was making itself more palatable to highly prized > affluent swing voters. But by beating down > <https://x.com/jonathansmucker/status/1089211412277272576> the bold > vision, fighting spirit, and grassroots enthusiasm that this reform > movement represents, party leaders effectively enabled two Trump terms and > perhaps even the consolidation of a long-term authoritarian realignment of > the electorate. Even *The New York Times*’ “moderate” columnist David > Brooks finally gets it now > <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/opinion/united-states-education-divide.html> > . > > It should now be abundantly clear that if Democrats do not learn to speak > to and earn the trust of working-class people like my father—and people who > are far more alienated than him—the party is toast. That means standing up > visibly and vocally for working people and picking open fights with > powerful culprits. Ultimately, it means confronting and reversing the > central crisis underlying the “populist moment” we live in—runaway > inequality—by delivering big for America’s working class. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33708): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33708 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109735710/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
