Democrats are trying to work out what went wrong. On the left a consensus is forming
Democrats are trying to work out what went wrong. On the left a consensus is forming
Democrats must abandon ‘neoliberalism’, Connecticut senator warns, as party leaders face strongest backlash in years
Summary
Following Kamala Harris’s unexpected defeat, Democratic leaders are scrutinizing their party’s failures, particularly with working-class voters.
Figures like Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy, and Ro Khanna argue the party lacks a strong economic message, especially for those frustrated with stagnant mobility and neoliberal policies.
Sanders emphasized Democrats’ disconnect from working-class concerns, while Murphy criticized the party’s unwillingness to challenge wealthy interests.
DNC Chair Jaime Harrison announced he won’t seek re-election, leaving the party’s leadership in flux as Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries prepare to assume top roles amid a Republican resurgence.
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You still haven't figured it out yet? The middle hates echo chambers. The right and left both have echo chambers but they vote against the one that seems more disconnected from reality. By controlling speech and removing content as a knee-jerk reaction to any inconvenient information or opinion as a habit, the left have separated themselves from reality more than the right, by at least a little.
This comes off as threatening to people. Because a mob of people disconnected from reality that will simply silence anyone's defense of themselves feels like a situation that could get out of hand. And everyone has experienced having their speech controlled. They don't like it.
All politics is a proxy for culture war. And you lost a culture war by being controlling assholes. Watch you try to silence me right now. Just know that that habit going forward will make you lose more.
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Okay, I'll not downvotes but try to engage.
The right I activly holding back information from their echo chamber that can objectively view as factual (climate change is the most prominent example that comes to mind). So they are indeed ignoring reality in a messuarable way. Why do you think the right is not perseved as a thread then? For example the thread of ignoring climate change or science in general? Do you think "the middle" doesn't see that as a problem?
How, in your option has the left removed itself from reality? Can you provide some concrete examples please?
I can think of examples for the silencing both on the right or the left. In regards to the left I'm thinking of speakers at university's beeing canceled or yelled over. And I do see how speach controll might be seen as silencing. Is it a thing? Where I am from it seems to be more of a right wing point pretending that they are speach-controlled while nobody is forcing speech on anybody, just suggesting more inclusive ways of speaking (let's use pronouns as an example).
So I guess what I am saying is: Is the perception of the left grounded in reality or has it been crafted by right wing propaganda? And since the answer has to be "yes to both", do you think it's more grounded in reality than it is constructed by the right?
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Are you stupid?
The booking banning party is that lies about covid and the weather is closer to reality than the left?
Yup. Stupid.
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The left bans information too. Quite a lot. And actually they didn't ban books. The government simply did not provide books. You just demonstrated that you are disconnected from reality right then. On every issue the left is disconnected from reality.
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You're fully delusional. The right bans books. Period. They have dumbass gullible morons combing school libraries looking for "other" content and then bitching and moaning until the library removes the books. That's a book ban.
In my lifetime they've pushed to ban rap music, video games, porn, rock and roll, dungeons and dragons, mr Rogers, and mr potatoe head. Apparently you have no clue what you're talking about.
"The left" doesn't give a fuck what you watch or read because we're not weird fucking losers who don't know how anything works.
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Your downvotes speak volumes
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