The problem is, those solutions are never quick, and never easy. They take time to come to fruition. The American electorate, of all creeds, is far too impatient for that.
Until that changes, nothing will ever be good enough. You could see it with Obama, with Biden, with Clinton… most especially with Carter… not to mention all the reps at the lower levels that people never really think about except to say “they should be president”. They weren’t perfect, but they tried. Maybe not in the best ways, maybe not enough… but they tried. But for far too many it was just broken promises… nevermind the struggle to do good while so many people around you fight for their own pound of flesh. Undercutting you at every turn to please their own electorate and win the next election.
Yes, the politicians didn’t deliver enough, and they’re at fault for that. But the population also demands perfection, and we’re at fault for that. Especially when perfection is different for every single person.
Every politician you mentioned by name made an effort to reach out to the working class and be inclusive of them and tell them that their interests were a priority, that’s why they won. My point is that all of these unpopular candidates talked past the working class and ignored the reality faced by most people (work doesn’t pay enough and everything is too expensive) and essentially ran on an “I’m not the Republican” platform. They misidentified the core needs of their voters and failed to be electable.
The especially frustrating part of this is that we just did this same thing in 2016 and the democratic neoliberal committee appears to have learned absolutely nothing. We’re right back in the same pattern as 2016 where everyone’s looking to point fingers and blame some group for our current misfortune. Pro tip: stop doing that and start really trying to understand what went wrong and how the party platform can include more people and get them excited about a good candidate. It’s a popularity contest for crying out loud, run on popular issues.
The problem is, those solutions are never quick, and never easy. They take time to come to fruition. The American electorate, of all creeds, is far too impatient for that.
Until that changes, nothing will ever be good enough. You could see it with Obama, with Biden, with Clinton… most especially with Carter… not to mention all the reps at the lower levels that people never really think about except to say “they should be president”. They weren’t perfect, but they tried. Maybe not in the best ways, maybe not enough… but they tried. But for far too many it was just broken promises… nevermind the struggle to do good while so many people around you fight for their own pound of flesh. Undercutting you at every turn to please their own electorate and win the next election.
Yes, the politicians didn’t deliver enough, and they’re at fault for that. But the population also demands perfection, and we’re at fault for that. Especially when perfection is different for every single person.
Every politician you mentioned by name made an effort to reach out to the working class and be inclusive of them and tell them that their interests were a priority, that’s why they won. My point is that all of these unpopular candidates talked past the working class and ignored the reality faced by most people (work doesn’t pay enough and everything is too expensive) and essentially ran on an “I’m not the Republican” platform. They misidentified the core needs of their voters and failed to be electable.
The especially frustrating part of this is that we just did this same thing in 2016 and the democratic neoliberal committee appears to have learned absolutely nothing. We’re right back in the same pattern as 2016 where everyone’s looking to point fingers and blame some group for our current misfortune. Pro tip: stop doing that and start really trying to understand what went wrong and how the party platform can include more people and get them excited about a good candidate. It’s a popularity contest for crying out loud, run on popular issues.