Americans are backing progressives not because they want socialism, but because they want candidates who will fight for the working class
Dropout has a point.
Americans are backing progressives not because they want socialism, but because they want candidates who will fight for the working class
That’s the literal goal of socialism though…
They’re voting for progressive Democrats not because they want socialism, support the Democratic Socialists of America, or reject candidates called “moderate”.
They’re voting for candidates whom they believe will fight to make housing, food, healthcare and childcare affordable to average working families. And who’ll take on Trump’s billionaire backers, CEOs and Wall Street titans who are rigging the economy against them.
So they are voting for socialists not because they want socialism, but because the alternatives are refusing to reign in, or are overtly in favor of, unfettered capitalism…
If were going with the goals of socialism, the goal is to have social ownership of companies directly by the workers or through the state which is something that by and large Americans don’t support but yes, some Americans are voting for progressives and democratic socialists because they’re promising to enact regulations to help the median wage earning American.
And a reminder that this is what MAGA, in all its forms, also ran and promised and won because median Americans kept being disappointed with Democrats not doing a damn thing to help them when they got into power.
I mean I’m hopeful that the Democratic party will get its head out of its ass and and continue to vote in progressives and DSA members but overall in median America, I still have my doubts it’ll be a quick change since it’s been over a decade since Tea Party/MAGA have continued to hold power with median Americans, George Carlin voters continuing to vote these charlatans in power.
not because they want socialism, but because they want candidates who will fight for the working class
That’s the literal goal of socialism though…
they are not fighting for the dirty word but for the more acceptable wording of the same thing
Socialism is a dirty word, an “extremist” pov to those who value inanimate objects and concepts over human life, to those who dismiss the magnitude of human suffering in the name of self, over collective prosperity.
In reality, it’s the most rational outcome to create a world of less suffering that provides more insurance to the survival of our species.
The rich don’t think of the poor as members of their species. That should be very obvious by now.
Now we’ll see in the mid-terms and 2028 presidential elections if the average american voter wants to back socialism or just stay home.