Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: Third Way Founders Jon Cowen & Jim Kessler tell us: Economic Populism is a Dead End for Democrats [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)I don't like using that term, even when it fits.
The goal of a wrecker is nothing other than to discredit a social movement by posing as an idealist supporter of that movement, a very vocal leader spouting (like a parrot, a dictaphone) the appropriate talking points, the appropriate griefs, after which presenting the most repulsive (to a sane and peaceful population) face of action to the public, to the media, and (the icing on the cake) to a few gullible suckers willing to act it out. Think "the underwear bomber" and you've got the picture.
How much experience do you have leading the violent revolutionary faction of the progressive/populist wing of the Democratic Party of the USA? Or of any viable political movement?
How much experience do you have "disappearing" people who you think are obstacles to your goals? What do *you* do with their bodies? How do *you* convince others that civil war and terrorist murder is a good plan, other than to say that you agree with their grievances regards inequality and corruption?
You ask me what my plan is, since I oppose your (patently ridiculous) path of violence and civil war.
I don't have a plan. What I will do, and what people of good will will do, is continue to support a progressive agenda by supporting progressive politicians, helping in my small way in getting their message out, contributing what I can afford to a few well chosen progressive media sites (e.g. Democracy Now) and etc., and by exposing the lies of those whose goal is to continuously push democratic (small 'd') politics to the right, to increase the concentration of wealth and power, and to profit off of wars of choice and opportunity.
I think it should be underscored that in this general sense "the right" is independent of individual political parties and exists everywhere in the social sphere. The further "the right" pushes the Democratic Party to actualize its agenda, means the further that the Republican Party can freely go, without opposition from Democrats, to actualize its right-wing agenda. That doesn't describe a vicious circle, it describes a freshly paved 8 lane highway.
One can see this when reading DU. The home page and GD are a cess-pit of warmongering jingoism with many posters totally dedicated to daily updates of pro-war hate, avidly K&R'ed by many many more. Many of these posters are explicitly supporters of Democratic Party politicians and when the lies are pointed out, this is greeted by a ROFL icon or a "then you want Rand Paul for president!" line, or a "then a Huckabee/Palin ticket is OK with you" sneer. These aren't arguments, they are sighs of contentment from a certain well established cross-party right-wing "base".
The same situation exists w.r.t. strictly economic policy (TPP, wall street, etc.) as it does w.r.t. overt and covert war, not only regarding the right-wing politicians promoted and (albeit lamely) defended. Economic policy and issues w.r.t. war and peace are very much entwined, esp. in the homeland of the Empire, so this is expected.
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