2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Has the seed been planted for a new political Party in this country? [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)These two sites promote purity though. Not me saying it, I just notice it, but Ornstein has for years now. That said, the Ds is a business friendly center right party, that sometimes throws bones to the base. The Rs are a far right party that occasionally throw bones to the base. Even center left voters have no viable voice that actually matters.
Never the less, things like 15 an hour came from the streets (and it is not enough due to implementation) not the governor mansion. Bown relented in California when in qualified for the November ballot, after years of marches and demands.
You won. Increasingly the progressives will have to find a new home. And yes, policy wise...it is indeed unipolar, chamber of commerce friendly. Will the donkeys be pulled left with the rise of a new coalition? Or for that matter the Rs? Time will tell. I don't expect that to happen in my lifetime. We are almost finished with the party realignment. And I also don't expect, because of this, to see social security. The new deal is done for. It will be on the chopping block.
You won! Party like it is 1929. Because you know what? This will further radicalize the population, but oligarchies behave in very predictable ways And then there is climate change and it's effects on the globe. Not that it matters to the chamber types. That is a wrench that has not been seen in history before. Well maybe, the Maya saw something similar locally. The collapse of that biome led to population crashes and the end of the Classic. We are on the same bloody road. This time it might be species extinction. Slow incrementalism is not the way, alas it will be the way...because Americans today would not go to the moon. We lack imagination any more