Second, neoliberalism demonstrably has already failed to work in middle America, yet the Democratic Party is too fucking cowardly and corrupt to even be willing to try the alternative.
Counterpoint: Americans are so fed up with neoliberalism and late-stage capitalism (whether they think of it in those terms or not) that they were willing to vote for Donald Trump, of all people! They are clearly desperate for something, anything different, which means even a scary boogeyman “socialist” has an infinitely better chance than an economic-status-quo Democrat.
First of all, bullshit.
Second, neoliberalism demonstrably has already failed to work in middle America, yet the Democratic Party is too fucking cowardly and corrupt to even be willing to try the alternative.
Come on, Americans have been fed propaganda against communism and socialism for at least a hundred years now.
Counterpoint: Americans are so fed up with neoliberalism and late-stage capitalism (whether they think of it in those terms or not) that they were willing to vote for Donald Trump, of all people! They are clearly desperate for something, anything different, which means even a scary boogeyman “socialist” has an infinitely better chance than an economic-status-quo Democrat.
Call it the golden rule party and you have your first start.