What I've been noticing is their appeal to the working class.
That's the game and it's one the dems better take very seriously.
Dems have been painted as college educated, coastal elite snobs that have never swung a hammer.
Bernie isn't wrong in his declarations. The working class is gaining strength.
Other than that, it's pretty bleak for Republicans. Young people growing up under Trump will forever paint Republicans a lunatics.
If you watch fox, they are pivoting to the working class. They are lumping pubs and dems as 'the establishment'.
Basically they are pivoting into IGW's world.
Which is weird because Bernie is the King of the working class and Bernie is supposedly a pure evil communist in their eyes.
That being said, I want unity, but I get put off when I hear 'you need to pay attention to us' which I respond, no not really, you need to hear us. We have 7 million more and gaining as time goes on.
I was thinking about something earlier today on how we might be coming to an inflection point in the US and it’s not really related to Trump.
When I was younger and growing up (think late 80’s early 90’s) I had very little understanding of life in places like the UK or continental Europe other than things like Oktoberfest or other well known cultural touch-points. With the advent of cable television and the internet my world opened up and I got to see that these so called socialist countries were, in fact, perfectly ok without an American style government and individualism. I also went overseas when I was 21 and experienced it up close. It changed my life. It really did. THESE PEOPLE ARE PERFECTLY HAPPY.
I think we’re coming to a point where Republicans are going to become a minority party nationally not simply because of demographics. The divide, exemplified by Bernieism, Trumpism, populism, etc., will be based on many Americans wondering why we continue to shun socialism lite policies like MFA options for health insurance or subsidized secondary education programs. People can look across the pond and see countries like Germany and France and can wonder why the above programs are getting the hyperbole treatment from Republicans (creeping communism, etc). Now, I don’t think the far left has the ability to do much of anything but there is an opportunity for a realignment where the “middle” becomes a bloc that agrees there can be socialist lite type solutions to some of our largest problems (healthcare being the big one).
My political bent is a bit to the left as it relates to how the government can be involved in people’s lives. Mainly though I’m for who can solve a goddamn problem. I’m sick and tired of the bomb throwing, dipshit congress men and women who are fine getting on Fox or MSNBC to read from a script but can’t get anything done in their freaking day job.
There is a large voting bloc in this country which would vote for problem solvers. However our media isn’t putting that on TV because it’s not sexy. It’s not click bait. IT’S HARD. IT TAKES PATIENCE AND THE STORIES ARE TEN THOUSAND WORDS LONG. So I’m flummoxed. We’re stuck in a cycle of blame and response. I know this time one side has really taken it a new level with Trump. But he’s going to be gone in two weeks. Then what? Yes I know we will still have Cruz and Hawley and AOC and Pelosi and McConnell. I know we have the government we deserve. So it’s going to take us being educated voters. I have hope for most of the people on this board the rest of the country? That scares the shit out of me.
I feel like I’m wandering around trying to find leaders and elected officials who are focused solely on solving the country’s problems as opposed to getting on TV. Options are limited. I hope that’s the change we see over the next few years or else we’re screwed.
Rant over. Maybe Browns-Steelers will be decent. At least IU won.