The NYT reports that by Jan. 2027, a fifth of Congress, or 140 members, will be 70 or older. Age by itself is not the relevant factor, but rather that these people grew up and came to power in a prosperous America, in which supporting corporations was about supporting jobs and building the nation into an economic powerhouse. Those days are over, and have been for some time. Americans under 40 never saw that world, and have lived their lives in an America hollowed out by globalist corporations and a wealthy elite siphoning the nation's wealth into their own offshore accounts. None of these corporates or billionaires have invested in American for over 40 years.
The DNP knows this full well, and have been clinging to power, riding the horse as long as they can, until it drops dead beneath them. "It’s the problem that adaptation and adoption threaten existing internal power structures." That is the problem, exactly. What will become of the nation with one major party taken over by Gen X fascists, and the other in a choke hold by power hungry, intransigent, incompetent senior citizens? This is not a difficult problem; the Democratic party must be taken over by the younger generation, and quickly. That is the only hope we have to prevent fascist consolidation of power in the US. We must first regain control of Congress, and then control of the federal government, whatever it takes. Either we take control the easy way now, or it will have to be the hard way later.
Democrats coast on the knowledge that they are the majority party, and that they will stay in power by virtue of the fact that the Republicans are generally unpopular. Republicans are more scrappy as a permanent minority party, and did not win consistently until they started using disinformation, and stacking the Supreme Court to throw elections to themselves, 40 years ago. The rise of Republican Party has taken place in lockstep with the decline of American prosperity.
the entire dnc must go, or we need another party. You cannot teach them; we are not their client base. This has been forseeable for decades, during which time they chose to actively work against the needs of their voters; ironically not much different than the republican party on that metric.
The NYT reports that by Jan. 2027, a fifth of Congress, or 140 members, will be 70 or older. Age by itself is not the relevant factor, but rather that these people grew up and came to power in a prosperous America, in which supporting corporations was about supporting jobs and building the nation into an economic powerhouse. Those days are over, and have been for some time. Americans under 40 never saw that world, and have lived their lives in an America hollowed out by globalist corporations and a wealthy elite siphoning the nation's wealth into their own offshore accounts. None of these corporates or billionaires have invested in American for over 40 years.
The DNP knows this full well, and have been clinging to power, riding the horse as long as they can, until it drops dead beneath them. "It’s the problem that adaptation and adoption threaten existing internal power structures." That is the problem, exactly. What will become of the nation with one major party taken over by Gen X fascists, and the other in a choke hold by power hungry, intransigent, incompetent senior citizens? This is not a difficult problem; the Democratic party must be taken over by the younger generation, and quickly. That is the only hope we have to prevent fascist consolidation of power in the US. We must first regain control of Congress, and then control of the federal government, whatever it takes. Either we take control the easy way now, or it will have to be the hard way later.
Republicans play to win. Democrats play not to lose. That's why they lose.
Democrats coast on the knowledge that they are the majority party, and that they will stay in power by virtue of the fact that the Republicans are generally unpopular. Republicans are more scrappy as a permanent minority party, and did not win consistently until they started using disinformation, and stacking the Supreme Court to throw elections to themselves, 40 years ago. The rise of Republican Party has taken place in lockstep with the decline of American prosperity.
the entire dnc must go, or we need another party. You cannot teach them; we are not their client base. This has been forseeable for decades, during which time they chose to actively work against the needs of their voters; ironically not much different than the republican party on that metric.
The arrogance of the Democrats currently in power is astounding.