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zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
7. 16 years of incrementalism
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 06:45 PM
Feb 2017

The problem with this point of view, is that 16 years of democratic administration, and roughly even more so of various levels of congressional control, have watched a decline in the middle class, and backwards movement on the regulation of the banking industry that brought the economy to its knees, and the rise of conservatism to where we are today. We also have a huge rise in mass shootings. The democratic party is in the worst places it's been since before FDR. Kinda hard to blame that on the "purists" when "incrementalism" has been the theme for so long. That kind of governing has left us where we are today. And it appears it will get much worse in the next 4 years, or at least 2.

Our greatest gains have come in the courts, even with a "conservative" majority.

Pop leftism is a form of disaster capitalism. [View all] forjusticethunders Feb 2017 OP
I agree. AJT Feb 2017 #1
I understand that the Social Democrats also opposed the Communists. David__77 Feb 2017 #2
"Welcome to the Machine" ymetca Feb 2017 #3
You're right, Bob Shrum. Stay the course! DefenseLawyer Feb 2017 #4
:D TransitJohn Feb 2017 #5
Green Party Derangement Disorder... eniwetok Feb 2017 #11
Aren't you doing the very same thing? kcr Feb 2017 #15
Are you saying that if Greens run... they are blaming Dems instead of system? eniwetok Feb 2017 #17
You work with the political system you have. forjusticethunders Feb 2017 #21
I beg to differ, a bit... eniwetok Feb 2017 #29
... and gerrymandering and voter suppression don't exist dammit!!! :rolleyes@DemsSuckCrew uponit7771 Feb 2017 #16
agreed.. JHan Feb 2017 #6
16 years of incrementalism zipplewrath Feb 2017 #7
TRANSLATION: Corporate Dems are OK... but not Progressives... eniwetok Feb 2017 #8
Seems a rather inaccurate translation predicated more on your own bias LanternWaste Feb 2017 #23
Republican voters are disciplined, angry and sometime hateful Blue_true Feb 2017 #9
the names you've mentioned don't really have much in common with one another. fishwax Feb 2017 #10
Gave you ur 5th rec. good op. Very thoughtful. boston bean Feb 2017 #12
Thank you, forjusticethunders.. Avoid them like the plague. Cha Feb 2017 #13
K&R Starry Messenger Feb 2017 #14
I see no lies. MrScorpio Feb 2017 #18
You forgot Tavis Smiley and Cornel West BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #19
ahh Cornel West... JHan Feb 2017 #27
The question that needs to be ask is "is this person's income or wealth" forjusticethunders Feb 2017 #20
this is brilliant. sorry i missed it. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #22
K and R. It's time to wake up and smell the coffee. oasis Feb 2017 #24
KnR sheshe2 Feb 2017 #25
kick Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #26
If Bernie had won the presidency, they would be tearing his administration apart Yavin4 Feb 2017 #28
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