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DNC Announces Plans to Learn Nothing from This (thehardtimes.net)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I agree, though I would amend one part to make my point:

[Center] people all things considered dont care about democracy as a virtue in itself. [Center people] care about economic and social security and a prospect...

And that's exactly where the Dems are going to go. All these left things that left people care about? They will be on the backburner at best.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 43 minutes ago

all the left things that left people care about aren't just progressive policy, they're populist policy. Abortion makes the most sense when classified as a healthcare issue. Universal healthcare, and medicare for all, consistently polls popular. So does increasing the minimum wage. So does student loan forgiveness, and free college, which is why biden campaigned on that.

Harris' most popular policy was probably price controls, because despite all the hemming and hawwing that economists get up to whenever you touch any economic lever, that's something that the american people can believe will decrease their costs of living. people don't give a shit about the left, or about ideologies, you're right on that front, as the person before you is. but make no mistake, those policies which tangibly reign in the economy, control it, and give people free shit, those are, at the very least, progressive policies, if not outright leftist policies.