2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: DU is making me sad. [View all]alarimer
(16,245 posts)Unlike what many Wall Street Dems claim, things are not getting better, not for the 99%. They have been sliding backwards for decades, at least since Reagan and with the complicity of middle-of-the-road Dems like the Clintons and Obama. They will not do anything to help; things they have done have actually made it worse.
These are not ideological blinders; we need to figure out what the Democratic party is actually about. Is it about helping people? And doing what is best for the vast majority of people? Or is it about kowtowing to Wall Street and making sure the banks are happy, while people sink ever further?
And yes, the wingnuts refuse to even participate in the process. I don't know what to do about that, except to keep exposing their idiocy, and not even try to work with them.
Yes, change is hard and takes a long time. I'm under no illusions about that. Personally, I think the system is permanently broken. But I do think it's important to send a message that "We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore."