02-04-2017, 04:17 PM
(02-04-2017, 03:55 PM)Marypoza Wrote: Therein lies the problem. We are in the 21st century now. 20th century wishful thinking won't solve anything
I hear from various people that the Democrats are stuck on old policies, but I never see anything different proposed that is progressive. Usually it amounts to the Democrats caving into or compromising with the 20th century (really 19th/18th century) Reaganomics' dried-up policies and thus being "less partisan." That is the most worn out policy for Democrats of all. That's the Clinton approach you don't like.
Just like Democrats may need new leadership; but OK, new leaders have to stand up and run. Not the same old compromisers with Reaganomics or bashers of the 60s movements and ideals. That's just caving in to reaction. That's not what Democrats need to do.
The issues are not unclear at all, nor are the policy answers. Accusations of nostalgia and old thinking are irrelevant. The only problem is that Republicans have been allowed to block progress for 40 years. The issues are inequality and ecological issues, and the answers in every case are to do the opposite of what Drump is doing and/or Reagan did.
Yeah, so the Democrats' ideas seem old. But if you have been blocked for 40 years from doing what needs to be done, and our country has been stuck in reaction for that long, that's not their fault. The fault lies with the voters, and with the superior rigging ability of the reactionaries. And the luck of the stars regarding particular candidates.