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In reply to the discussion: It would be nice if the centrists in this party did some introspection, too. [View all]bekkilyn
(454 posts)If the Dem working class did abandon the party, but yet didn't want to join the Republican party.
I think we're going to have to become a party for both social and economic justice once it's all said and done though. Even if people were more centrist economically in Bill's time, we've had a number of years since then to realize that right-wing/Regan-type policies just don't work and now we even have conservatives in places like West Virginia giving support to Bernie's policies because I think even they can see that we've been operating under bad economic models.
While incrementalism may be the most "rational" approach, I don't think we have time for it anymore, especially after all the damage that 45 has been causing after all the years of Republican obstruction during Obama. I think we're now in a period of time where, at least for certain issues that can't wait for years and decades longer to fix since people are desperate and need help NOW, we will need a more "revolutionary" approach.