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To beat Trump, we need to know why Americans keep voting for him. Psychologists may have the answer
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2024
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I don't know about a populist but what we need are a lot more progressive, pro-labor types along the lines of Bernie and AOC.
We need major FDR style New Deal reform (assuming I understand what that was): economic security, health security, more power to the working class and less power for corporations, among many other things.
What we need less of is pro-corporate, neolib types (e.g., Pelosi), fascists, crooks, reactionaries, and zealots (e.g. ...well, any GOP politician).
You're talking about the below:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy
And its contemporary application:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model
Why yes. Yes I am.
Honestly you don't even have to go that far. Democrats have spent the last 20+ years dismissing or ignoring problems. All they really need to do is acknowledge they are problems and maybe some lip service about helping them.
The big thing is just stop offering non-solutions that may be well intentioned, but sound like leave your shit hole town and get some education.
I disagree about the lip service part. Because that just gives them ammo for years from now. But do SOMETHING to help.
My problem with saying do something is that the something democrats routinely choose ends up being worse than doing nothing.
What is the evidence of this?
The New Deal and The Great Society seem to disprove this notion.
And Biden's recent Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and American Rescue Plan Act are the strongest domestic investments in US history since the Great Society, which was 60 years ago at this point. Making Biden's legislative wins the strongest accomplishments in most Americans lifetimes
Dems need to do way more, and Biden is still not sufficient. But idk if it's true that his legislation has made things "worse"
This sentence is out of place. In the rest of your post you're agreeing with the article.>
I would be careful about descending too deeply into any kind of populism tbh. Politics should be more technocratic than liturgical, without being too much of either.
The grievances of the people need to be heard, and it is inevitable that the elite class will grow deaf to those needs over time.
This isn't because technocrats will act out of malice; rather it means the system that they serve will be bought out by oligarchs who will bend all existing structures to serve their own goals rather than the goals of the people.
A strong judicial system can help to prevent that. Unfortunately judiciaries can also be bought, as the United States has recently seen
Why people fall for demagogues is part of oroblem. Understanding why they listen to them will help us make that firebrand we need.
Wait what? I'm not sure I believe this. Do you have proof?