2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How do you reshape the Democratic Party? Start with winning the nomination. [View all]CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)I am not using the word "socialist" in a derogatory manner here. My purpose is simply to point out that socialism is not ideology that the vast majority of Americans voters will embrace. A major political party cannot adopt far left or far right ideologies without expecting be shunted aside as irrelevant by the American electorate. Those on the far right and the far left may be the loudest and most passionate, but they still only represent relatively small slices of the electorate.
This country always has been and probably always will be based on free market principles. Trying to change that basic trait is exercise in futility. What progressives should concentrate on is equipping our government with the ability to curb the excesses of the free market which hurt people like you and me and especially those who are the most vulnerable among us and make it work for all Americans.