• Intergalactic@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 months ago

    It is also time for the Democratic Party to genuinely embrace progressive policies. It is evident that not many people were enthusiastic about Harris’s moderate campaign policies.

    • BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 months ago

      It was time in 2016. Biden barely won in 2020 and somehow Dems took that as a mandate to be even more conservative. At this point I have no idea how progressive ideas ever get implemented.

      • abies_exarchia@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 months ago

        I mean, in the US, the archetype of progressive policy success, the New Deal, was only possible because of labor militancy and the threat of systemic collapse. That should give an idea

    • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 months ago

      It would have been. Now it’s going to be…something else. Not something fundamentally similar to before. Not fun to think about.