Agreed, the dems are being hijacked by a bunch of populists. 15$/h federal minimum wage is a stupid proposal.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
-Kujako-
I think there's still some truth to what @Rilch was saying, though- that Republicans fare better when they can keep the conversation on social issues. While the views of "the left" are often completely mischaracterized and overblown, Right-wing media does a fantastic job at spinning a narrative. The left that I believe in is nothing like what the right-wing media describes, but unfortunately, perception matters more than reality.
The key word is federal, IMO the federal government should back off from the minimum wage and let local governments do their thing and raise it if they see the need to do so. Federal increases miss the point that the economy in Bay area cities is not equal to the ones in rural areas and as such what can be benefitial in one can be harmful in the other.
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The entire better deal is just populist garbage.
I am actually less concerned about narrative coming from the right, what concerns me is that dems seem to fall for such trap so easily. I.e. right now with so many people being about to lose healthcare coverage, dems could gain lot of support by talking about healthcare over and over, but all it takes is Trump sprouting something stupid on twitter yet again and issue of healthcare will be barely noticable, even in typical 'democrat-aligned-media' compared to that (well, at least that's my subjective impression of what usually happens). Maybe it's actually such media to blame for going overly loud everytime Trump does something stupid, not politicans themselves?
I wish both our major parties openly say NO to the leftist collectivistic identity politics.
We in America will not let them divide us by race,genders,income.
Must give probs to the right propaganda machine, even with Trump and gop congress giving tax hand outs to the "corporate overlords" at every opportunity people still hold on this believe.
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The democrats really haven't ever been, sure some youtuber rants about such things, but can you point out any actual legislation sponsored proposed by dems that says "identity politics"
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
-Kujako-
and got that information from a left wing website? Thanks for proving my point with personal example.
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they wont obviously say things they mean cause it will , you need to look at actions and general partys ideology.
same way republicans appel to racists without crying out loud "HEY RACISTS WE HATE MEXICANS TOO".
you lack basic understanding of politics
wage gap
racist cops
feminism
"bigotry" against muslims
evil 1%
so on so on so on
goal is
to spread the divide between these communities and white conservative majority.
thats called identity politics
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1) Marriage is by 99% definitions is an ally between a man and a woman, tho
2)Abortions are immoral overall and after week 6 should be illegal ( for obvious reasons)
3) I also support it, we have to protect our protestant christian cultural heritage.