The real split in the Democratic Party may be unfixable
What are the two camps in the Democratic Party all about? The media would like you to think that the fault lines run along standard Right/Left political differences. That is false.
The real split is between “Democrats” who think things are more or less okay, and “Democrats” who know shit is fucked up. It is between people with a Joe Biden outlook that American is basically on the right course (save for a poor Presidential pick last time), and people who recognize that the planet is burning.
The “things are more or less okay” crowd likes the Heritage Foundation’s plan to protect the profits of wildly profitable “health sector” companies, carbon swaps and tax abatements for wildly profitable corporations that claim to have “sustainable” business practices.
The “shit is fucked up” people look at those types of “solutions” to the problems we are facing and feel like they are being gaslighted.
It is a shame. Because if the fault lines were Right/Left there could be a middle ground. There is no middle ground between “Hey, the house is on fire” and “Oh, pish-posh. It’s just the extra bedroom which we rarely use anyway.”
Bonus Metaphor: Why do “shit is fucked up” people seem agitated? They (we) are George Bailey running around shabby fucked-up Pottersville with vivid memories of Bedford Falls. And all the “things are more or less okay” Democrats keep saying is, “Relax. It’s always been Pottersville. Why not take it easy and enjoy our fine Casios, and prostitutes?”
Since when did the only outposts on the political spectrum become either SOCIALISM or CONSERVATIVES.
If I am not a Sanders-fellating Socialist, then that means I am a corporate whore.
Wow. Seriously? Way to really misunderstand the entire point. I said, very clearly that the split ISN”T Right/left. It is the degree to which you perceive a problem to be serious. Maybe it wasn’t as clear as I thought.
OK FTR – the problem isn’t agreement and disagreement on a Right/left axis, but the recognition that are problems are very serious and need very serious solutions.
Rereading…Maybe I implied that people who think things are more or less ok favor incrementalist “solutions” that serve business more than they fix the problems, but that’s not the crux of it. The crux is your perception of the level of crisis we are facing right now.
So, it isn’t surprising that people who are very well off (like Coons and Biden) fall into the “things are more or less okay” camp. They can even regard themselves as liberals and still think that “things are more or less okay”
But that outlook leads to in the box thinking and small measures. That’s what I’m saying.
Get over yourself. Also have you found evidence to support your assertion that sanders is Anti orgasm or are we pretending that didn’t happen?
Sanders fellating… Typical sex shaming and or homophobic centrist type of comment.
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/03/warren-sanders-working-families-party/
This is good. Grim’s take away…
If Warren gets delegates tonight, she has reason to stay in, and WFP is saying here she will not side with Biden or the establishment at the convention.
If she doesn’t get delegates, there’s no reason to persist.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1234897660173262848
I can dig it.