Serious questions? [View all]
How much has the Democratic Party been damaged by Trump and the fascists propagandists that support him?
How much does the Democratic Party need to change? Do they need to change their message or their policies, or neither?
The root of the problem, in my opinion, is money in politics. We see where the Supreme Court decision has taken us. Elon Musk bought the White House with a $250 million donation to Trump campaign. Now he has free rein to do whatever he wants. Trump and the Republicans in Congress have given him the license to do whatever he wants.
In my opinion, money became a problem for Democrats with the technological revolution during the Clinton years. Corporations and businesses saw their profits boom exponentially. They became billionaires overnight. Unfortunately, very little of the new wealth went to the workers. It went directly to the top.
That is why we have so many billionaires in this country today. They have created a wealth disparity so great that they now threaten our democracy and our way of life. They threaten to cut or dismantle programs that we have fought to build over the last hundred years. Because they can.
They have the power and they have the wealth.
Democrats should be calling for a more balanced and fair taxation system and these billionaires should pay a lot more, much, much more, in taxes. But, unless Democrats can regain power, nothing will happen to save the working people of this country.
Is the Democratic brand too damaged to recover? Do we need new blood with a new progressive message? Or do we try to revive what is left of the Democratic Party?
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