Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.

Summary

Democrats must reclaim their identity as the party of the working class to regain electoral strength.

Despite pro-labor policies under Biden, working-class voters feel disconnected, seeing Democrats as defenders of a failing system.

The party’s decline traces back to NAFTA and neoliberal economic policies that favored corporations over workers.

A generational effort to prioritize labor rights, fair wages, and economic security while addressing working-class frustrations are needed.

Without serious reform, Democrats will continue losing ground to populist alternatives.

  • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    1 day ago

    ACA was never going to be single payer. Lieberman played the bad guy to kill the public option, but it was pretty obvious it was only there to be bargained out in the first place.

    Single payer, on the other hand, was never even considered to be an option.

    • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
      39·
      1 day ago

      They voted on singlepayer and it lost by Independent Joe Liebermans vote.

      You cannot blame that on the DNC.

        • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
          21·
          8 hours ago

          Then I guess Barrack Obama and thousands of protestors all halucinated it back in December 2009

          Even Nancy Pelosi, who passed the bill in the house with 218 votes, has multiple comments about it being removed in the Senate.