Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.

Summary

Democrats must reclaim their identity as the party of the working class to regain electoral strength.

Despite pro-labor policies under Biden, working-class voters feel disconnected, seeing Democrats as defenders of a failing system.

The party’s decline traces back to NAFTA and neoliberal economic policies that favored corporations over workers.

A generational effort to prioritize labor rights, fair wages, and economic security while addressing working-class frustrations are needed.

Without serious reform, Democrats will continue losing ground to populist alternatives.

  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
    456·
    21 hours ago

    That’ll be the day.

    The Democrat party is not a democratic party, they are a neoliberal, technocratic party. They don’t want the people to rule, they want neoliberal technocrats to rule. I don’t see that changing, anytime soon.

    A workers’ party would have to be a majoritarian, democratic party, because the workers are the vast majority of the population.

    • Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world
      201·
      20 hours ago

      MAGA took over the GOP in just a few years. I think the same thing can happen to the DNC. Just need a little propaganda, some charismatic leadership, and people willing to slander the establishment.

      • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        20·
        19 hours ago

        MAGA had a lot of money pushed at it. The Koch Bros independently funded the Tea Party movement until Trump was created, then Russian money began to flow.

        There is no such money faucet for leftist groups. In fact, a massive lack of funding has been one of the chief struggles these groups have had for decades.

      • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        111·
        19 hours ago

        This took decades. They started in the 1970s. If you think this happened over a few years you are either young or paying attention to the wrong things

        • ripcord@lemmy.world
          61·
          15 hours ago

          Eh, this particular movement started in the 1990s. Then they got focused in the 2010s.

          There’s a lot of stuff that also started in the 70s, but the MAGA stuff is way more recent and beyond what they had dreamed would be possible in the 70s. They really, really didnt count on their voters largely giving up on any semblence - claimed or real - of principles. Which was a huge win for them.

          • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            6·
            13 hours ago

            The Christian nationalism starts with Roe debatably even with the Civil Rights movement. The Christian nationalists are the driving force behind this movement. Remember when Iran revolted the religious elements didn’t take over immediately.

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
        22·
        11 hours ago

        MAGA voted for Republicans.

        If you’re suggesting the left change the DNC by starting to vote for them, then I’m in.

      • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        59·
        15 hours ago

        It won’t happen because Anyone left of center is too fucking worried about supporting a candidate that isn’t completely perfect in their eyes than they are about making actual progress.

        • kreskin@lemmy.world
          61·
          11 hours ago

          I dont think asking for “not in support of wildly illegal war crimes” was a big ask. But evidently the centrists were willing to throw the entire country to permanent fascism to stand on their principle that AIPAC money needed to continue to flow to DNC bank accounts. But yes, the voters are to blame here, clearly.