Can't remember where I read this today, but that author had a good point in that the split is between two camps: the workers and builders (think a SpaceX employee, and Elon Musk), standing together against the managerial class, who are more focused upon order than upon progress.
After the election the Democratic Party (my party) must rethink many of its policies as it ponders its future.
To have a chance at victory Democrats should try listening to the concerns of the working class for a change. As a lifelong moderate Democrat I share their distain for many of the insane positions advocated by my party.
Democrat politicians defy biology by believing that men can actually become women and belong in women’s sports, rest rooms, locker rooms and prisons and that children should be mutilated in pursuit of the impossible.
They believe borders should be open to millions of illegals which undermines workers’ wages and the affordability of housing when we can’t house our own citizens.
They discriminate against whites, Asians and men in a vain effort to counter past discrimination against others and undermine our economy by abandoning merit selection of students and employees.
Democratic mayors allow homelessness to destroy our beautiful cities because they won't say no to destructive behavior. No you can’t camp in this city. No you can’t shit in our streets No you can’t shoot up and leave your used needles everywhere. Many of our prosecutors will not take action against shoplifting unless a $1000 of goods are stolen leading to gangs destroying retail stores. They release criminals without bond to rob and murder again.
The average voter knows this is happening and outright reject our party. Enough.
Thanks for your reply, Dave. Agree totally. But what I fear is that the Dem leaders will only believe that they lost because of “ poor messaging “ or their lack of primaries to choose their candidate. That’s pure BS, but they would prefer, IMO, to blame the messenger rather than the message. They are so completely out of touch with ordinary Americans that I fully expect, like Kamala said, that they will continue their fight even though voters have rejected their goals.
I think we can find a lot of agreement on the need for re-alignment. My question is: How do we do it? What are our next steps?
Do we recreate the Democratic Party from scratch? Create an entirely new party that can better take on these challenges? Figure out how to break up the two party system once and for all in favor of a better one? What path forward is actually feasible and available to us at this particular moment? And from there, what steps can we take to make it happen?
(Just some thoughts on my mind at this particular juncture)
I think the Democratic Party needs to be reinvented from the ground up as a political movement that represents the interests of the working classes and the middle classes. It hasn’t done that in decades. The new Republican administration will feature a lot more billionaires in positions of influence and power in the cabinet. The new Democratic leadership MUST position itself against these sorts of special interest groups
This is always the hard part. But one of the things I like about Substack is folks are coming together and in a decentralized way working on problem of building the new movements we need. But ultimately, yep. It's going to take organization, influence, and money like all such things do.
These questions are exactly what I've been focused on and working on. In reality, the path doesn't matter because all paths end up in the same place. The only difference is what we end up calling the party at the end of that path. The difficulty is convincing enough people to get on board a common movement, and then raising the money and getting the influence together to spread it. Whatever path is easier to accomplishing that is the correct on in my view.
I can’t help wondering what percentage of Latinos who voted Republican will find themselves on the other side of the southern border within the next few years.
Oliver Anthony is doing exactly what he wants, how he wants to do it. He was absolutely approached by labels, who he rejected utterly. He continues to share videos about his values and plans. He is an amazing guy, revolutionary in ideas, and has a broader vision beyond even making music. Check him out.
Can't remember where I read this today, but that author had a good point in that the split is between two camps: the workers and builders (think a SpaceX employee, and Elon Musk), standing together against the managerial class, who are more focused upon order than upon progress.
After the election the Democratic Party (my party) must rethink many of its policies as it ponders its future.
To have a chance at victory Democrats should try listening to the concerns of the working class for a change. As a lifelong moderate Democrat I share their distain for many of the insane positions advocated by my party.
Democrat politicians defy biology by believing that men can actually become women and belong in women’s sports, rest rooms, locker rooms and prisons and that children should be mutilated in pursuit of the impossible.
They believe borders should be open to millions of illegals which undermines workers’ wages and the affordability of housing when we can’t house our own citizens.
They discriminate against whites, Asians and men in a vain effort to counter past discrimination against others and undermine our economy by abandoning merit selection of students and employees.
Democratic mayors allow homelessness to destroy our beautiful cities because they won't say no to destructive behavior. No you can’t camp in this city. No you can’t shit in our streets No you can’t shoot up and leave your used needles everywhere. Many of our prosecutors will not take action against shoplifting unless a $1000 of goods are stolen leading to gangs destroying retail stores. They release criminals without bond to rob and murder again.
The average voter knows this is happening and outright reject our party. Enough.
Thanks for your reply, Dave. Agree totally. But what I fear is that the Dem leaders will only believe that they lost because of “ poor messaging “ or their lack of primaries to choose their candidate. That’s pure BS, but they would prefer, IMO, to blame the messenger rather than the message. They are so completely out of touch with ordinary Americans that I fully expect, like Kamala said, that they will continue their fight even though voters have rejected their goals.
I think we can find a lot of agreement on the need for re-alignment. My question is: How do we do it? What are our next steps?
Do we recreate the Democratic Party from scratch? Create an entirely new party that can better take on these challenges? Figure out how to break up the two party system once and for all in favor of a better one? What path forward is actually feasible and available to us at this particular moment? And from there, what steps can we take to make it happen?
(Just some thoughts on my mind at this particular juncture)
I think the Democratic Party needs to be reinvented from the ground up as a political movement that represents the interests of the working classes and the middle classes. It hasn’t done that in decades. The new Republican administration will feature a lot more billionaires in positions of influence and power in the cabinet. The new Democratic leadership MUST position itself against these sorts of special interest groups
Agree, but how?
This is always the hard part. But one of the things I like about Substack is folks are coming together and in a decentralized way working on problem of building the new movements we need. But ultimately, yep. It's going to take organization, influence, and money like all such things do.
These questions are exactly what I've been focused on and working on. In reality, the path doesn't matter because all paths end up in the same place. The only difference is what we end up calling the party at the end of that path. The difficulty is convincing enough people to get on board a common movement, and then raising the money and getting the influence together to spread it. Whatever path is easier to accomplishing that is the correct on in my view.
I can’t help wondering what percentage of Latinos who voted Republican will find themselves on the other side of the southern border within the next few years.
Oliver Anthony is doing exactly what he wants, how he wants to do it. He was absolutely approached by labels, who he rejected utterly. He continues to share videos about his values and plans. He is an amazing guy, revolutionary in ideas, and has a broader vision beyond even making music. Check him out.