In Reply to: There are many inflection points that got us where we are posted by DSCBruin on April 06, 2026 at 14:33:44
I think the point at which things took a really bad turn for the country is when the Democratic Party abandoned the working class and turned to neoliberalism as a response to the drubbing they received in the hands of Reagan in the '80s. The beginning of the end was Bill Clinton and his Republican-policies-with-a-smile ideology. We've been going to the sh*tter since then.
What could the Democrats do? Nothing much after Biden decided to run again.
In the best circumstances, Biden would have had the maturity to understand that he was a transitional president indeed and (a) gave Kamala Harris more positive visibility and a bunch of easy wins she can show in 2024, and (b) declare early on that he was not going to run so that a new alterative could have emerged from the Democratic Party that felt comfortable enough to distance themselves from Biden's policies.
He failed. The Democratic Party failed. The Democratic Party consultants failed (I think they are secretly being paid by Republican Party affiliated billionaires). The DNC failed massively by not even attempt to navigate the landmine that was Gaza.
So here we are. Once again looking at a party that has no interest in winning an election, now embracing that group called "Third Way", declaring war on the progressive wing of the party. What joy!