• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      a political moderate who supports democrats not right wingers.

      Oh! Like how Chuck Schumer makes is able to make the claim of being a political moderate! While dogwalking Democrats to break with the party to protect the filibuster.

      Of course. This is soooooo supportive of Democratic policy positions.

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      Democrats are right-wing, liberalism is right wing. If we overlaid the political scale from 1980 and today, Democrats would be to the far right of Reagan.

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          Democrats focus on social issues like abortion and gay rights because it doesn’t impact profits, when they should be focused on economic issues like wages, housing, education, and healthcare. Focusing on people’s needs first will fix the social needs later

          “The white man will try to satisfy us with symbolic victories rather than economic equity and real justice.” Malcolm X

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            Except both those issues were wedge issues chosen by Republicans to gain votes from the religious. Those weren’t major platforms for Democrats until Republicans forced the issues.

            The white man will try to satisfy us with symbolic victories rather than economic equity and real justice.

            Those victories are very much NOT symbolic to gay people and women. They are very real and very crucial to their welfare.